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I remember when I first went to see the Lord of the Rings:Fellowship of the Ring. I'd never read any Tolkien other than The Hobbit, and honestly, I wasn't very interested in seeing LOTR. My wife (currently my ex) and I went out on a date night and she wanted to see it so I went along, having no better ideas myself.

I remember having watched up to the point where the adventurers were fleeing the tomb of the Dwarven King, with goblins and orcs pouring out from everywhere, the rousing musical score going and this little group of 9 guys hauling ass for all they were worth, when I suddenly blinked, looked around for a moment, then thought to myself...

"THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE!"

Normally I decide whether I liked or disliked a movie after having seen it, in reflecting on the film on my way out. This was a case when I got to discover I liked it while it was still going, and had a decent amount left.

So, has this ever happened to you?

when I suddenly blinked, looked around for a moment, then thought to myself...

"THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE!"


Was it something you saw around that made you think it was a great movie?
Or are you saying you got so carried away that you forgot you were in the cinemas?

Misty Beethoven did that for me.

Was it something you saw around that made you think it was a great movie?
Or are you saying you got so carried away that you forgot you were in the cinemas?

You could say that. I always judge the goodness of a movie by my perception of time and how bad my butt hurts from sitting still so long. At that point in LOTR I had no sense of time passing whatsoever and my butt was fine ;)

But I really did get caught up in it. I'd never read the book so I had no idea what would happen next, so I was completely engrossed in the story, which doesn't happen often either because I know what happens or the story isn't that gripping.

Misty Beethoven did that for me.

Good soundtrack.

You could say that. I always judge the goodness of a movie by my perception of time and how bad my butt hurts from sitting still so long. At that point in LOTR I had no sense of time passing whatsoever and my butt was fine ;)

But I really did get caught up in it. I'd never read the book so I had no idea what would happen next, so I was completely engrossed in the story, which doesn't happen often either because I know what happens or the story isn't that gripping.



Good soundtrack.

You have to admit that for a porn movie, Misty Beethoven actually had a good plot, and it worked as a film.

I can't say I enjoyed LoTR that much, I distinctly remember getting bored and munching a ton of popcorn especially in elf town :confused:

I really enjoyed watching Son of Rambow recently just because I was expecting it to get so sad but it just stays more or less as an adventure:)

Yes. 28 Days Later. Superb film.

Yes. 28 Days Later. Superb film.

you mean the last 15 minuets surely?

My wife (currently my ex)

Hope this isn't a sore point, but I really don't get the tenses here. How can someone 'currently' be an ex? It implies a future in something that by definition belongs in the past. :confused:

Hope this isn't a sore point, but I really don't get the tenses here. How can someone 'currently' be an ex? It implies a future in something that by definition belongs in the past. :confused:

shes now his husband ;)

Hope this isn't a sore point, but I really don't get the tenses here. How can someone 'currently' be an ex? It implies a future in something that by definition belongs in the past. :confused:

In other words, the woman who was my wife at the time, but is now my ex wife.

shes now his husband ;)

Zing!

I'd never read any Tolkien other than The Hobbit, and honestly, I wasn't very interested in seeing LOTR.

There goes your whole "I can out-geek any of you" argument. :p

There goes your whole "I can out-geek any of you" argument. :p

hey there's so much out there you can't possibly do it all! ;)

The Counterfeiters.

'Nuff said.

Well, I had taken a bunch of 'shrums before I watched Lord of the Rings, so it was good times. In fact...
I can't say I enjoyed LoTR that much, I distinctly remember getting bored and munching a ton of popcorn especially in elf town :confused:


it was in Elf Town that I realized something. I started to want to leave, but as soon as I thought about going out into the lobby I thought, "Shit, I don't want that." Then I realized that I wanted them to leave Elf Town because the elves were tripping my shit out. It suddenly occurred to me that it felt like the movie was happening to me. Like I was their caddy or something and wanted them to get a move on.

I'd been, recently, watching "Jurassic Park" on TV, and suddenly I realised it's much more than just a stupid action movie with computer-generated monsters trying to devour the character set. It was quite like OP's experience - suddenly I realised I really like the film. I don't know if that counts.

I'd been, recently, watching "Jurassic Park" on TV, and suddenly I realised it's much more than just a stupid action movie with computer-generated monsters trying to devour the character set. It was quite like OP's experience - suddenly I realised I really like the film. I don't know if that counts.

Yep, it counts.

Jurassic Park was pretty deep if you've ever read the novel it's all about the futility of man's attempt to control an inherently chaotic system. (That was Dr.Malcom's (Jeff Goldblum) whole point)

I remember when I first went to see the Lord of the Rings:Fellowship of the Ring. I'd never read any Tolkien other than The Hobbit, and honestly, I wasn't very interested in seeing LOTR. My wife (currently my ex) and I went out on a date night and she wanted to see it so I went along, having no better ideas myself.

I remember having watched up to the point where the adventurers were fleeing the tomb of the Dwarven King, with goblins and orcs pouring out from everywhere, the rousing musical score going and this little group of 9 guys hauling ass for all they were worth, when I suddenly blinked, looked around for a moment, then thought to myself...

"THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE!"

Normally I decide whether I liked or disliked a movie after having seen it, in reflecting on the film on my way out. This was a case when I got to discover I liked it while it was still going, and had a decent amount left.

So, has this ever happened to you?

Sonny Chiba's scene in Kill Bill Vol. 1. I had the exact same "This is an AWESOME movie" moment. I only went on the strength of having liked Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction and finding Jackie Brown a well-made film (post-blaxploitation, I think it's epic), as I thought it would be too cartoonishly goofy violent. Boy was I. . .well, I was right, but damn it made cartoonish goofy violence fun.

Black Hawk Down. The loyalty the men show each other just blows me away.

The Patriot. Incredible plot.

The Indiana Jones movies just suck me in and I find myself thinking about how cool the movie I am watching is.

Twelve & Holding.

The Lord of the Rings would have to be my choice too. Normally, i can be fairly certain ahead of time whether i'll like a movie or not, i'm almost never wrong. With LOTR though it was different. I have never really liked the fantasy genre. Our teacher read us The Hobbit in grade 6, but i had never read LOTR and it really didn't interest me.

I went to see the first movie because my step-dad wanted to and he asked me if i wanted to go. Since he was paying, i said yes. I immediately fell in love with the story and couldn't wait until the next two were released. I read the book a few months after seeing the movies and it instantly became my favorite book.

I read the Hobbit again and i have read The Simarillion, i don't like them as much as LOTR and i still don't really like the fantasy genre in general. I just think the story in LOTR is beautiful and i really did become attached to the characters. Since Tolkien wrote it as if it was a history, including maps and time-lines, you actually feel as if Middle Earth was a real place while you are reading the book. I even read the time-line at the end, the one that talks about what happened to everyone years later, because i cared so much about the characters that i wanted to know how they lived out their remaining days. I wanted that closure.

I remember when I first went to see the Lord of the Rings:Fellowship of the Ring. I'd never read any Tolkien other than The Hobbit, and honestly, I wasn't very interested in seeing LOTR. My wife (currently my ex) and I went out on a date night and she wanted to see it so I went along, having no better ideas myself.

I remember having watched up to the point where the adventurers were fleeing the tomb of the Dwarven King, with goblins and orcs pouring out from everywhere, the rousing musical score going and this little group of 9 guys hauling ass for all they were worth, when I suddenly blinked, looked around for a moment, then thought to myself...

"THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE!"

Normally I decide whether I liked or disliked a movie after having seen it, in reflecting on the film on my way out. This was a case when I got to discover I liked it while it was still going, and had a decent amount left.

So, has this ever happened to you?
Nope. The LOTR movies were good, but they just don't compare to the books. The Hobbit only shares J.R.R. Tolkiens' writing style. LOTR has a much darker theme. You should read it (If you haven't all ready).

A Chinese film called To Live, it's about a family during the Chinese Civil War/Communist Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. It's one of those films where you forget that you're watching a film and instead feel like you're listening to an old friend recount the story of his life.

If I could add in an animated film as well though, it would be Grave of the Fireflies.

"Aguirre: The Wrath of God"
I watched it when I was 14 and can still clearly remember the movie.
"Come and See" is an awesome movie.
"Breaking the Waves" was a superb movie experience.

And add another vote for LOTR. Superbly done and able to enrapt you for 2+ hours without you noticing.

Nope. The LOTR movies were good, but they just don't compare to the books. The Hobbit only shares J.R.R. Tolkiens' writing style. LOTR has a much darker theme. You should read it (If you haven't all ready).

LotR doesn't really lend itself well to the medium of cinema. That said, Peter Jackson did an admirable job.

LotR doesn't really lend itself well to the medium of cinema. That said, Peter Jackson did an admirable job.
I can't argue with that. I still hate how he left out Tom Bombadil though :(

I actually think that Tom Bombadil was a good cut. While it was interesting in the book, it just didn't fit in a cinematic version. It would be a random point in the story when people would be like "what the heck was that in there for". I think it is something that appeals to fantasy fans who have read Tolkien, but the average movie goer just wouldn't go for Tom.

I love Tom Bombadil, but i agree with the above post, i don't think it was necessary to keep him in the movie. Considering how long the book is, i think it was inevitable that Peter Jackson would have to leave some stuff out, i think he did a good job picking and choosing. The heart of the story is still there.

Movies are pretty much never as good as the books they portray, but i think LOTR was one of the better attempts.

"Aguirre: The Wrath of God"

No one could possibly forget that film, whether they liked it or not.

My "this is an awesome movie" moment was during The Call of Cthulhu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu_%28film%29).

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. That is the movie that was a surprise for me. I was hanging out at the gf house years back when I popped that movie in. Didn't know anything about it. Started watching it and was completely sucked in. After watching it I told all my friends to pick it up.