The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King

[Just Withnail]

i also thought the ending, ending, ending, ending was just terrible. good for the extended dvd, but really who gives a shit?

It's been three films. A proper ending is in it's place.

...I can't imagine being satisfied without those endings.

Favourite moments [...] All the good-byes.

As for the ending(s), I liked all of them save the final.

-The so-fucking-cheezeball ending...

they SHOULD HAVE CUT AT "i'm happy to be with you, at the end of all things.."

i think it should have ended after the bow to the hobbits.

Let's play the "where do you think it should end" game.

(PS: All quotes are out of context)

[modage]

saw it again today.  liked it about the same, a lot, but didnt fully love it.  still thought the weakest part is the endings which get less and less effective after each one.  there seemed to be 6 places it could've ended and been better than the final 7th one.  oh well.

[Redlum]

-The Witch Captain or whatever never fought Gandolf.  His deat was amazing, but that dude was sent to kill Gandolf, they never even met.

- AICN
From the horse's mouth: 'Remember the scene in which the Witch King is asked what he's going to do with Gandalf, and he says I will break him? This pays off big time in a battle between the Witch King and Gandalf as Gandalf and Pippin ride to save Faramir from the pyre. At the end of the battle, the Witch King breaks Gandalf's staff and then the Rohirrim turn up and the Witch King gets distracted. The beginning of this confrontation is one of the $$$ shots in the ROTK trailer: the Witch King's fell beast landing on the ramparts in front of Gandalf and Pippin on Shadowfax.'

Remeber that super cool shot in the trailer, with the Nazgul landing right in front of Pippin and Gandalf on the horse..?

Also...this is the coolest thing I've read about the extended cut:

AICN'The Mouth of Sauron scene changes the emphasis of the entire final battle between men and orcs at the Black Gates. In the theatrical cut, Aragorn and Co. ride up to the gates, they open, and orcs come out to fight. In the extended version, they are greeted by the Mouth of Sauron (played by the Matrix's Train Man, Bruce Spence), who has pointy teeth and a pointy helmet that covers his eyes (he doesn't need them, see? He's just a mouth). He rides out to show the heroes Frodos mithril vest, recently stolen by the orcs at Cirith Ungol, and to let them know that Frodo is dead and the ring is on its way to Sauron. Aragorn believes him, and the heroes despair. Going into battle at the Black Gates, the heroes have no hope at all it's their last stand for sure, and Aragorn's line for Frodo refers to his sacrifice, not to buying time.'

[Sigur Rós]

I'm chocked. This movie was nearly perfect.  

[modage]

AICN'The Mouth of Sauron scene changes the emphasis of the entire final battle between men and orcs at the Black Gates. In the theatrical cut, Aragorn and Co. ride up to the gates, they open, and orcs come out to fight. In the extended version, they are greeted by the Mouth of Sauron (played by the Matrix's Train Man, Bruce Spence), who has pointy teeth and a pointy helmet that covers his eyes (he doesn't need them, see? He's just a mouth). He rides out to show the heroes Frodos mithril vest, recently stolen by the orcs at Cirith Ungol, and to let them know that Frodo is dead and the ring is on its way to Sauron. Aragorn believes him, and the heroes despair. Going into battle at the Black Gates, the heroes have no hope at all it's their last stand for sure, and Aragorn's line for Frodo refers to his sacrifice, not to buying time.'

wow thats insane.  it completely changes the meaning of the battle scene.

also, noticed that gandalf thing too.  whats up with that?!? 3 1/2 hours and they couldnt find room for that?!?

[Find Your Magali]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie audiences shelled out a king's ransom for one last trip to Middle-earth.
   "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" raked in $73.6 million in its first weekend and put up a five-day haul of $125.1 million since debuting Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.
   That put it well ahead of the fantasy trilogy's first two chapters. Part one, "The Fellowship of the Ring," grossed $47.2 million over opening weekend and $75 million in its first five days, while the middle chapter, "The Two Towers," had a $62 million opening weekend and took in $102 million over its first five days.
   "Return of the King" did not set records for best domestic opening weekend, but it put up the highest numbers ever for a worldwide debut. The film added $121 million in 28 other countries since Wednesday for a global total of $246.1 million, surpassing the $202.8 million five-day opening for "The Matrix Revolutions" last month. <cm-bd>¶
   "That is amazing. The worldwide sweep of this movie is unprecedented. To have a quarter-billion-dollar gross in five days shows what a broad swath this movie cuts," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "These would be good numbers for a film to do in its entire run, but this is just the beginning."
The worldwide record was all the more remarkable considering "Matrix Revolutions" opened virtually everywhere simultaneously, while "Return of the King" has yet to debut in many markets, among them Japan, Italy and Australia.
   The fast start boosts the prospects for "Return of the King" to top the $861 million total worldwide gross for "Fellowship of the Ring" and $921 million take for "Two Towers." "Return of the King" could become the second movie to top $1 billion worldwide, after "Titanic" ($1.8 billion). <cm-bd>¶

[kotte]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie audiences shelled out a king's ransom for one last trip to Middle-earth.
   "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" raked in $73.6 million in its first weekend and put up a five-day haul of $125.1 million since debuting Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.
   That put it well ahead of the fantasy trilogy's first two chapters. Part one, "The Fellowship of the Ring," grossed $47.2 million over opening weekend and $75 million in its first five days, while the middle chapter, "The Two Towers," had a $62 million opening weekend and took in $102 million over its first five days.
   "Return of the King" did not set records for best domestic opening weekend, but it put up the highest numbers ever for a worldwide debut. The film added $121 million in 28 other countries since Wednesday for a global total of $246.1 million, surpassing the $202.8 million five-day opening for "The Matrix Revolutions" last month. <cm-bd>¶
   "That is amazing. The worldwide sweep of this movie is unprecedented. To have a quarter-billion-dollar gross in five days shows what a broad swath this movie cuts," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "These would be good numbers for a film to do in its entire run, but this is just the beginning."
The worldwide record was all the more remarkable considering "Matrix Revolutions" opened virtually everywhere simultaneously, while "Return of the King" has yet to debut in many markets, among them Japan, Italy and Australia.
   The fast start boosts the prospects for "Return of the King" to top the $861 million total worldwide gross for "Fellowship of the Ring" and $921 million take for "Two Towers." "Return of the King" could become the second movie to top $1 billion worldwide, after "Titanic" ($1.8 billion). <cm-bd>¶

Guffin wannabe

[Find Your Magali]

Guffin wannabe

Well, aren't we all?

[kotte]

Guffin wannabe

Well, aren't we all?

touché.

[1976]

Peter Jackson looks like Stanley Kubrick.

[Sigur Rós]

Peter Jackson looks like Stanley Kubrick.

Peter Jackson looks like a really bad hairday!

[MacGuffin]

Guffin wannabe

Well, aren't we all?

Oh God. Even I don't wanna be me.

[Find Your Magali]

Guffin wannabe

Well, aren't we all?

Oh God. Even I don't wanna be me.

So imagine how tough it is for us, not even being able to be someone who wouldn't want to be who he is.  

[Gamblour.]

Guffin wannabe

Well, aren't we all?

Oh God. Even I don't wanna be me.

So imagine how tough it is for us, not even being able to be someone who wouldn't want to be who he is.  

Just be sure not to write yourself into your posts:

[Find Your Magali]

Guffin wannabe

Well, aren't we all?

Oh God. Even I don't wanna be me.

So imagine how tough it is for us, not even being able to be someone who wouldn't want to be who he is.  

Just be sure not to write yourself into your posts:

Well, if I was somebody else on xixax, I would write that I'm now going to cream my pants while dreaming about stealing MacGuffin's copy of "The Three" and pitching it as my own work.

But I'm clearly not that person, my pants are dry and I'm not even sure who wrote "The Three," let along whether or not it exists.

...Hey, didn't this used to be a Return of the King thread?

How about that Samwise Gamgee?