This is all about the dvd... So if u arent into e show, dun even start reading...
Ive watched the extended version... Finally! Ive waited like, 2 yrs? The show went from a 3 hrs film to a crazy 4 hrs and 10 mins extended one... Im not so hero now liao, i watched it separately, since it was separated into 2 disc anyways...
I couldnt get used to it initially... Coz the show became different, story, approach, even the soundtrack had been remade specially...
Even their voice became different... It was more raw this time... Which made me appreciate the fact, i will keep both e theatre version n extended version... I had actually intended to throw away the theatre version... Haha, coz of obvious reasons but i wun say it here...
For those of u who had fallen asleep during LOTR 3... U better dun ever attempt to watch tis... Coz after watching tis, ive realised how fast paced the theatre version was... Haha... Even though i of coz, didnt fall asleep when i went to e cinema... I went to watch 5 times, mind u!!!
Yes, i am tt obsessed!!!
Some story updates:
1) Saruman died, he was stabbed by Worm tongue and fallen to his death, Worm tongue died as well...
It happened in the 1st part of e show, i was so shocked, coz he didnt die in the theatre version, and he died quite gruesomely...
2) Aragon sort of did flirted with Eowyn... Which i find it absolutely unneccessary of him for some actions since he seemed to be leading her on... Then again, he thought his gf had left (gone to undying lands)... SO…
3) Eowyn fell in love with Faramir at Minas Tirith (I was right after all but no one believed me last time), it was love at 1st sight for Faramir... They held hands and cuddled each other (sort of)... Which was quite funny for e flow of e story, no wonder tt part was taken out...
4) Eowyn nearly died after killing the witch king... When her bro, Eomer, found her body among e corpse after e battle (before Pippin found Merry), he was so devastated... See liao heart pain leh... Aragon nursed her of coz, and she started breathing and woke up... Meanwhile tt scene, a song was playing, sung by Liv Tylor... 1st time leh...
5) Gandaf's staff was shattered to pieces by the witch king, he nearly died at Minas Tirith, before he went to save Faramir who was nearly burnt to death alive by his Denethor... Which i had wondered about also, since his staff was missing for e rest of e movie...
6) Sauron sent out one character to tok to Aragon n gang at the black gates (after Aragon shouted, "Let the lord of the black gate come forth!" something like tt)... ANd tis character is creepy, he looked scary... He's called Mouth of Sauron but hes not a orc, hes actually a human being turned evil, something like tt... I found out about tis when i saw their documentary on...
7) There were additional scenes to show the Dimholt Mountain... Inside the cave of the army of dead... It was creepy, lots n lots of skulls... They used 60,000 skulls i think... E whole cave collapsed wif skulls flowing out... Yucks... After Aragon said "What say u?" The scene continues, it didnt end there... SO it was interesting...
Ok, these r some major updates... Its totally different from the extended 1st 2... 1st 2 are like more add ons... But this one, as mentioned was done fr scratch again, and they called in e actors to do some additional scenes last yr jus to put it in e special...
E whole trilogy took 7 yrs to complete...
They mentioned that they haf scenes of how Theodred (Dead son of Theoden – King of Rohan) died… But they didn’t put it in Two Towers coz they thought audience wouldn’t be interested… Haha, then Peter Jackson joked tt, he’ll include it in the 25 anniversary… They mentioned a lot of scenes tt they wanted to add on, but when yrs later when they are going to do it, they will be too old to even remember they shot those in e 1st place… So funny right…
Wat captured me most about e show are e documentaries… Many hrs of documentaries about the show… It was jus so complete… From the documentary on Tolkien, I tell u, I am so moved by his story… And they explained everything, which made me really wan to read e book… To the sets, designs, pre production, production, post production, Weta, and even 3d demonstrations…
Seeing how passionate they are with their work, they simply moved me to tears… I cried at least once to all of the documentaries… Coz everyone was jus so into their work, u can tell…
Everyone weeped, the documentary was so emotional when it came to e end…
I knoe ppl will say I trying to exaggerate, so I wun touch on e details… U will see it if u ever watch it, if u dun… So be it… I know I dun regret watching them…
It was so detailed till u feel you went thru the whole journey with them… They explained so much, tt made me realized even much more about e show… If u think its jus a adventure movie about a ring… Well, I guess u jus couldn’t see it… And u haf insulted Tolkien greatly… Even though, for fimling purpose, the story was already broken down so much simpler, compared to the original, but some ppl jus dun get it… Maybe they jus dun like to think…
Tolkien’s Lord Of the Rings trilogy wasn’t called the most complicated and difficult piece of literature in the world for nothing… Even till now, many professors still cant understand the novel fully, coz of the enormous amount of details… And hidden agendas fr his other bks…
Tolkien’s love story, again, moved me to tears…
Theres tis special documentary on tis young lad, Cameron something… Whom inspired the Osacr winning song, Into the West… He was a extremely young talented 16 yrs director, a New Zealander… He started filming ever since a young kid, and had since won several awards… E quality he churned out was just simply, UNBELIEVABLE… U got to see it to know it…
Jack Peterson noticed tis young lad, but eventually he died due to cancer, even before they could completed e return of the King…
His story n short movies are so amazing that it brought me to tears… His works are something u will never ever find in Singapore… He is tt talented, but unfortunately, he couldn’t battle out against fate…
U knoe sometimes when u keep crying continuously for a long time, u ended up wif a sharp pain like a headache? Yea, tt was what happened to me, I had to take panadols in the end…
Tis is not about I crazy or not… It is the fact that it was so emotional… And u can feel everyone’s (ppl behind e scenes) heartfelt fire… Ive heard numerous amazing things about e team that they haf, but seeing it in details was a whole other picture…
Like wat they said, this was an amazing journey which had became legendary…
One word to describe the DVD, “PHENOMENON”
But even tt is an understatement… Dun believe? Watch it!
I am so going to get the other 2, when i get my pay... My colleagues are crazy over LOTR too, they are always toking about it... Even the games... Haha, its so happy when u meet the ppl who share the same interests...
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