>you will never experience watching the LOTR trilogy in theaters for the first time
>>69711270
It was truly a magical time, anon.
But I did. The Two Towers was the first time I saw the same movie in theaters twice. The Helms Deep shit was too fucking epic. It will never get topped in this cookie cut jaded era.
>>69711270
I saw them too.
Remember that scene where the orc said "Meat's back on the menu, boys!"
How the fuck would an orc know what a menu was?
I did. Seeing ROTK in the theater at midnight was fucking incredible. Never seen a crowd so in love with a movie-- the charge of the Rohirrim was like a collective orgasm, everyone experiencing the exultation of victory in the face of certain death.
>>69711270
but I did, anon. on the opening days.
it was completely mind-blowing. just sitting there thinking "they actually did it"
>>69711934
How would an orc in the middle earth know english???
>>69711934
Fucking mind blown, dude!
You're making me question everything now
Like why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to mt. Doom?
WTF I HATE LOTR NOW!
>>69711963
Did you also think "the absolute M A D M A N"?
>>69711270
But I did. I saw the first one in theater like 9 times.
>>69711270
>tfw we will never get another male lead adventure with odds stacked against the characters and they overcome impossible odds
JUST
>>69712004
>>69711270
My order:
#1. Seeing the films in the theater as they were released.
#2. Buying & watching the extended versions on dvd (best there was at the time) on the home theater system.
#3. Watching them again on Blu-ray.
#4. Watching them on TV every time they show them around holidays.
>>69712989
One of my comfiest memories is watching them after a storm knocked out power for two weeks and we went to a relatives house to wait it out, drinking hot cocoa and warming up by a space heater
>>69711270
It was a glorious thing. Me and mynow exbest friend watched each movie in theaters at least three times. I actually can't bring myself to watch the first one anymore because we went and saw it six times in the span of two weeks.
>>69711270
I did, Fellowship was spoopy as hell.
>>69712036
this was kind of the pre-meme years, so no.
(there were internet memes, but it hadn't enveloped everything as a whole cultural mode yet)
>>69711270
I saw Fellowship three times, damn that movie was magical. Two Towers I saw twice, and Return of the King... eh, I liked it bu not enough to go see it more than once.
>>69711934
What did he mean when he said that?
I did. They took our entire school to see all three movies. I'm not sure why they did, but we all fucking loved it.
>>69711270
Jesus how do they let people this young even live?
Saw all three parts when they came out, always between christmas and new year.
Comfy>9000
>>69711270
Honestly some of the best theater experiences for me. My bros and some classmates got some good seats for Return of the King. Shit was packed. All that clapping and cheering at the end. Had a ton of fun that day.
>tfw Peter Jacksons latest statements about The Hobbit triology
I-i forgive you, Jackson. You a good boy after all.
>>69713871
What did he say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg
>>69714045
http://www.slashfilm.com/peter-jackson-hobbit-movie-problems/
>>69711270
This is bait, right? You can't possibly be that young.
>tfw watched Fellowship in the theaters nine fucking times and Two Towers a few hundred. Only because I was working as a projectionist by then and it was always the last movie to finish for the night.
>tfw the hype waiting hours in line with your dad to see The Two Towers back when movies were first come first served
>>69711934
Memes.
>>69711270
>that green tint
How did Jackson fuck up the blu ray this badly?
>>69711270
Those were the days. I'm 32 and I feel sorry for kids putting up with links these days
i mean i still could, i never watched the last two.
>>69714960
its a blue tint ya dingus, like BLU-ray
>>69711270
I miss those times. The hype, the people in the streets celebrating (i live in auckland motherfuckers), /tv/ didn't existed back then, chilling with the mates and drinking piss till early in the morning, had my first kiss after seeing the premier of the return of the king...those were the times mang
>>69711934
Its possible. Taverns and inns likely had a menu of food or drink. Sarumon had a pantry. He may have taught them the word unintentionally.
>>69711934
>menu
a word invented in the late 1300 when Menucitus of Cambria gave poor fucks like you a meal, so is a well settled word in the english language
>tfw you can never experience watching the LOTR extended edition collection for the first time
Thats the real tragedy here folks.
>>69714099
Jesus, I imagine that by the time the studio forced him to do three movies instead of two, he just said "fuck, it" started just filming dorfs whiggling their swords around in green screens and leaving it to the Visual Effects people to just put something in there.
>>69714960
why don't i care about this? i only notice it in a couple scenes, most of it is fine
>ywn experience the lotr trilogy when cellphone use in theaters was considered taboo
>tfw there will never be anything good to come out of the middle earth universe again
At least I have my extended edition bluray set [spoilers]with the bullshit blue filter[/spoilers]
>>69711270
How old are you? lmaoFotR turns 15 this Fall!!!
>>69711270
I was 10 and I watched it with the neighbor lady. Didn't remember much though.
>>69711270
What a time to be alive senpai.
Honestly, we saw the last great adventure film trilogy in theaters.
Wouldn't trade it for anything else
>>69713068
Is that when you were molested?
>that HU HU HU HAHAHAHA HU HU HU HU HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA HAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAA in bridge of khazad-dûm
is this the best piece of movie music lads
>>69715770
[spoilers/]thats not how that works[/spoilers]
>>69716036being this new
>>69711270
>that hobbiton
>that sense of wonder and adventure
>that sauron opening
>that comfy feel throughout
>that moria and balrog scene
>that argonauth scene
>that boromirs last stand
The list is endless, these movies were literally perfection
>>69713871
>>69711270
How fucking young are you?
>>69711270
Saw the first one 4 times
I saw the first one in the theater and it bored me to fuck and back that I didn't see the rest until they were all out on dvd. Rented them from Hollywood video.
>>69717034
The Hobbit movies, apparently, were a tedious, vexing, and soulnumbing encumbrance for almost everyone involved. Who decided to make them? Certainly Peter Jackson didn't.
>your dad will never drive you and your highschool friend to the cinema then come pick you up after the movie is over for the first time again
I've never seen it
Convince me to
>>69711270
>tfw watching a marathon session of lotr, two towers than the midnight showing of rotk when rotk was released
>>69717141
Do you really need to ask that question. Really
>>69717259
They are good
>>69717266
>>69717141
They started off wanting to make 2 movies and recapture the magic of the Lotr trilogy.
Unfortunately it got stuck in development hell for quite a long time because MGM was about to go bakrupt, Del Taco left the project after doing most of the pre-production to fit his vision, then out of nowhere the studios demanded that they start shooting right away and it only got worse with New Zealand's unions going on strike demanding for more money, Jackson needing an operation and then the studios demanding 3 movies instead of 2 in the middle of production.
>>69711270
I didn't really remember seeing them in the theater the first time around (I think my dad still has the ticket stubs though), but I saw the marathon that ran in 2012 before the Hobbit and it was a fucking religious experience. I've never had a better experience in a cinema, period.
i havent rewatched these films at all, what is the best version to do so
>>69719377
Watch the theatrical cut. The extended cut of Fellowship is like 3 hours and 40 minutes long.
>>69711934
If you actually read the LOTR books and Silmarillion you would know that Orcs are actually a smart and knowledgeable race, they are basically captured Elves who were tortured and corrupted by Melkor.
>>69719377
Extended for Fellowship, your call for the rest
DUDE THEY CALL IT A MINE! A MINE! WHAT ARE ALL THESE DEAD PEOPLE DOING HERE LMAO OH NOOOOOOOOOO
I saw Fellowship with a giant group of friends.
It's once-in-a-lifetime stuff.:^)
>be 14
>friend tells me some movie called Lord of the Rings is coming out
>never heard of it
>he tells me what it is and convinces me to go
>opening day
>huge lines
>nerds dressed up like wizards and elves and shit
>be skeptical
>see the movie
>holy fuck this is the best movie ever
>immediately buy and read all three books
>eagerly await the Two Towers
>love it
>eagerly await RotK
>love it
>tears in my eyes as I watch the end credits of RotK, listening to that based music and seeing all the hand drawn portraits of the main characters, knowing I've just experienced something amazing
>and I will never experience it for the first time again
>>69719714
I wouldn't go so far as to say "smart" but they're certainly crafty.
>>69711270
Hated the first movie, so I skipped the rest.
HOLY SHIT A BUNCH OF FUCKING WALKING
So magical!
Didn't really get attached to any characters, was happy when the wizard died because it meant the movie was almost over, holy shit so much fucking walking.
>>69719877
Ebin
>>69719877
Are you a fucking women or a shitty old dude?
jesus man
>>69711270
but i did
>>69719714
>If you actually read the LOTR books and Silmarillion you would know the difference between a orc and a uruk-hai.
fucking christ
>>69711270
where do you live?
>>69719877
There was like 4 skirmishes and two wars the walking you boring fuck.
>>69719877
t. randal
>>69719377
>not spending a literal half-day marathoning all 12 GLORIOUS hours of the Extended Editions on Blu-ray
>>69720103
No, no.
You are dumb, go read the Silmarillion.
>>69720280
>not doing the same but in a theater
Best theater experience in my life.
I can still remember the numerous arguments among my closest friends and I over what they'd fuck up, but also how most of our skepticism melted away through the magic of Fellowship on release night.
it's easy for successive generations to pass many things off as nostalgia, but sometimes you know there was legit greatness in certain places and times, that can never be felt or seen again the same way.
>there will never be anything remotely like it again
>>69720618
"Edgy" is hip right now.
>>69720588
Okay with a large group of friends in a large home entertainment setting can be pretty great.
And a major rerelease in theaters could come close. Still, when it was fresh to all. Damn.
>>69711270
I did though
>Lord of the Rings will be remade and rebooted in the distant future
With the current climate of cinematic universes, CGI dependence and SJW/feminist pushes, how do you think it would turn out? It WILL happen, the rights have been bought.
>>69714099
Why did Guillermo leave anyway? That really threw a spanner into the works and destroyed whatever the movie was. Was he just not up to it?
probably the only time the hype was not only justified but the result was even better than we had hoped, instead of the usual slight to crushing disappointment of phantom menace for example
I've never seen a single LOTR film
> you will never see the tale of aragon and arwen
> you will never see liv tyler say:
"There is now no ship to bear me hence, and I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Númenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Eldar say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive."
> why live
>>69715995
Uncle Lester?
> jackson didn't put this bit in:
In rode the Lord of the Nazgul. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgul, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.
All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dinen.
"You cannot enter here," said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. "Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!"
The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter.
"Old fool!" he said. "Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!" And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade.
Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry and war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.
> end it all
>>69723039
not a bad thing. You have the first time watching still ahead of you, that's quite nice
>>69719877
>not liking geography porn
maximum pleb
Do elves poop? Cereal question. I know JRRT clarified some issues concerning their physiology in his letters, for instance low libido and fertility, but did he say something on their nutrition, for instance, how often they eat? If their metabolism is slow, it would be logical for them to eat less often than humans. Pic unrelated.
>>69719877
>forgetting the Mines of Moria sequences
>forgetting the last battle
>forgetting the gay relationshi- bromance between the characters on their journey
If all you saw was people walking there is something seriously not right with you
>>69723502
They poop out little rabbit pellets.
>>69723201
Absolutely disgusting. And they say Martin has bad writing. Well, Martin at least is trying to tell us something. This, however, is not writing. It's jerking off with a pen/typewriter. Look how awesome I am, I am a professor and have read ancient epics! He needed a good editor. Some sentence structure is cringeworthy.
>>69723502
they all have loose assholes from too much gay sex. It just falls out
>>69723201
>>69721865
My money is on him wanting to take the movie in his own direction, the money getting skittish and him NOPEing out when it looked like they were going to come down on him.
>>69723693
Your vocabulary consists, (insert however to sound smarter) ,of words like cringeworthy and awesome.
I want pseudo-intellectual 16-year-olds to leave.
>>69724121
Cry more, 12 y.o. pseudo-intellectual fantasy fan who thinks that liking LOTR instantly makes you a patrician oldfag. It doesn't: there are better literary works and better fantasy books out there.
>>69724340
>I never said I like fantasy or Tolkien, I just called him out
>uses the word patrician
>uses oldfag and other "4chan slang"
Are you in the "I lurk on /lit/ therefore I do not feel as useless as I really am" club?
Finish two towers
get hit with the credit song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMlwT5-TfOg
jesus christ, right in the feels
>>69711270
>yfw most people writing on 4chan never saw them in the theaters
You people don't even know what you missed.
>>69724522
ROTK was the only one I saw in the theaters, better than none at least
saw them all in theater as they were released
went down to wellington to watch RotK at The Embassy theater, i was 13
wept at the charge of the rohirrim, shit caught me mad off guard
>>69724685
I remember being breathless at the battle of helms deep. I wish I could be young again and actually feel something watching movies.
>>69724522
>be literally 12 years old
>this scene
Me and my gay as hell friend marathoned it at our theater where they were having a promotion for The Hobbit. We both wished for death but it was cool.
>>69724766
fuaaaark iktf bruh
>>69713871
>when you are forced to make a movie way to quickly for them to ever be good
>when you know those movies will forever retroactively taint the movies that literally made your career and are seen as some of the best films ever made
>>69723693
4 year olds pls go
>>69711270
>you will never live in a pre-Hobbit movie world to watch LOTR
>you will never be able to watch the long drawn out bond of friendship blossom between legolas and Gimli, without remembering this bitch fell in love with a dwarf because of a dick joke in 2 minutes
just kill me now
>>69711934
No, he said "Meat's back on the men, you boys!"
I watched each of them in theatres with my dad. It was a nice little winter tradition
>>69723693
>Some sentence structure is cringeworthy.
I think you mean 'the structure of some of his sentences is cringe-worthy.' You fucking moron.
I was only 9 when the first movie came out, but I still clearly remember watching it and getting choked the fuck up when Gandalf "dies".
>>69711270
I only saw one in theatres, the return of the King, when I was in 4th or 5th grade with my best friend. It was fucking incredible. I had no idea what was going on because I hadn't seen the other ones, but it became my favorite movie for a little while
>>69711270
I watched them all again recently. Fucking amazing how these movies have held up still look fucking better than most CGI crap that comes out these days.
>>69711270
It was a magical time.
>dat hype building up
>following productions diaries
>scraping together all the information you could find about the movie
>read all the books again
>waiting in line for two days to get movie tickets
yes, i did that, for all three movies
>make friends while waiting you still hang out with today
>watching the movies
>get totally blown away, all expectations exceeded ten-fold
>watch again and again
>download the leaked dvd rip and watch it 21 times over a week.
>do it all over for the next two movies
I find the LOTR trilogy to be the swan song of classic cinema. You will never experience it again. Nobody ever will.
It was just, perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH4Xr6GIp4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na0B1vFM84Q
>"Never again will the land of our people fall into enemy hands!"
i waited 6 hours in line for the final film
6 hours then 3+ hours of the goddamn shit to finish
never again
>>69725302
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt8rOEepLJ0&ab_channel=SigmarCZ
>London 2055
>>69711934
>he doesn't know about Mordor's fine diners
pleb
