Return of the King - Spoiler Version

[Canyarion]

Yeah I'll tell you.... ehm you find that out when Aragorn tells it... so it´s not really detailed. They basicly scared the *peep* out of the Orc armies with their undead army and then they took their ships... I think the whole army drowned or something, I'm not sure. That's basicly it.

[Professor S]

Great movie. I thought the whole Eagle part needed to be explained more fully to the movie audience who were not familiar with the mythos.

A lot of people criticized the length of the end, but I thought it was fitting. This was an epic movie series that deserved an epic ending that tied all the loose strings.

So, after 3 years of waiting this entire series more than filled my expectations, but I am left depressed. Depressed because this was the end. There will be no more Lord of the Rings movies. There is no more anticipation. It is the December 26th of the movie world. I only hope someone has the brains to pay for the rights to The Hobbit.

[Ginkasa]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

I only hope someone has the brains to pay for the rights to The Hobbit.

Its not that New Line and Peter Jackson aren't willing to buy the rights, its that the Tolkien Estate isn't willing to sell it. The Estate has never supported the movies. The only reason the trilogy was made was because Tolkien himself had already sold the rights to it back in the 60's or something like that.

But Peter Jackson has already said he would like to make The Hobbit and Ian McKellan has expressed interest in reprising his role as Gandalf (and of course New Line would want to make it considering the success of The Lord of the Rings).


*shrugs and walks away*

[Professor S]

The Tolkien estate doesn't own the rights, as a animated version of the Hobbit was made long ago, I think someone in Rankin/Bass owns them and is asking for some rediculous price for them. New Line needs to just pony up the dough and make the damn movie.

I read a sad article about the Tolkien's a while back. The grandson was all for the movie versions and offered to help in making them, but his own father disowned him for doing so and now the grandson will receive nothing from the estate. Sad sad tale.

[Ginkasa]

That was a TV movie though. The rights for a TV movie and theatrical movie are different I think.

Anyway, here's a link saying that its the Tolkien Estate: New Line Pursues Hobbit Rights


*shrugs and walks away*

[DarkMaster]

Has anyone read the Similarion (sp?)? And if so, what exactly is it about? If memory serves me right, it's something like a bunch of smaller stories that take place in the first age of middle earth, or something like that anyway.

[Joeiss]

What happened to Sauron? My sister said that they cut out like a 7-minute fight scene between Gandalf and Sauron at the beginning of the movie.. is that true?

Or did he die in the second movie? Because I cannot remember that.