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Another ROTK question, if you've seen the movie a few times

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badmouse

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So, after having seen the movie a few times, I still think the ending is stupid. Okay, I know he had to take some liberties, but it still feels like "too many endings."

Anyone else agree or disagree?
 
i like it. it needed a closure. it was provided. it was an awesome movie. i still dont understand the father burning his son bit, though...
 
Originally posted by: Walleye
i like it. it needed a closure. it was provided. it was an awesome movie. i still dont understand the father burning his son bit, though...
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Boromir's death drove him mad. That's why he sent Faramir to his death. Or what he thought was his death.
 
I'll agree with you. The ending fvcking sucked. By the end of the movie I was freaking sick of Frodo and didn't care where the hell he went. I didn't need to see Bilbo as some ancient old dude. The part where Frodo woke up and everyone was coming into his room was about the most fake stupid crap I've ever seen, etc.. So yeah, the ending sucked. It could have been done way better than it was. Kind of ruined the movie for me.
 
Originally posted by: badmouse
So, after having seen the movie a few times, I still think the ending is stupid. Okay, I know he had to take some liberties, but it still feels like "too many endings."

Anyone else agree or disagree?
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i agree that there were "too many endings"... I thought the movie was about 20 minutes too long. But, when you say "he took some liberties", you do realize that they made the ending shorter than the book (so I hear), not longer, right?
 
dear god....

not even worth me typing a response
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Glad I could make you laugh. At least, I hope you're amused 😀 . Of course, it IS the greatest movie experience that ever graced seventy-two thousand feet of celluloid. I just was wondering if other people thought the ending kind of grew on them. I'm interested to see that a lot of people think yes.

Edit: spelling. again.
 
I went the first time with a group of people and we sat through the ending, which really kind of ruined the whole movie for us since we didn't know what the hell the whole last part was about, nor did we care. The second group I took I made them all leave after the scene where Frodo wakes up and they all laugh like they are on PCP, and the overall feeling amongst them was that it was pretty good. Unless your a die-hard LOTR fan, the endings are just overkill.
 
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
I'll agree with you. The ending fvcking sucked. By the end of the movie I was freaking sick of Frodo and didn't care where the hell he went. I didn't need to see Bilbo as some ancient old dude. The part where Frodo woke up and everyone was coming into his room was about the most fake stupid crap I've ever seen, etc.. So yeah, the ending sucked. It could have been done way better than it was. Kind of ruined the movie for me.
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how would you have wanted it to end, genius?
 
Originally posted by: SackOfAllTrades
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
I'll agree with you. The ending fvcking sucked. By the end of the movie I was freaking sick of Frodo and didn't care where the hell he went. I didn't need to see Bilbo as some ancient old dude. The part where Frodo woke up and everyone was coming into his room was about the most fake stupid crap I've ever seen, etc.. So yeah, the ending sucked. It could have been done way better than it was. Kind of ruined the movie for me.
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how would you have wanted it to end, genius?
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Uh oh, I've upset one of the faithful. Really, any answer I give you'll think is horrible so why bother?
 
Originally posted by: HajikuFlip
I went the first time with a group of people and we sat through the ending, which really kind of ruined the whole movie for us since we didn't know what the hell the whole last part was about, nor did we care. The second group I took I made them all leave after the scene where Frodo wakes up and they all laugh like they are on PCP, and the overall feeling amongst them was that it was pretty good. Unless your a die-hard LOTR fan, the endings are just overkill.
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I would've made them all leave right after the Eagles picked them up. The rest of the ending sucked! So did the 1st 30 minutes of the movie, I dosed off 2 times :|

Overall, I would say this movies is just as much a letdown as Matrix 3.
 
disagree, if you're keeping score.

I hope he adds more to the endings in the extended edition, in the theatrical relase I thought the endings work well in regards to the fact that it is the end of a tremendous adventure, not just an ending to the 3rd movie.
 
This is stupid. It's almost like saying that you didn't like how they ended a documentary film. The books are the books and if you don't like that the movie ended like the book (mostly), well too freakin' bad.
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
This is stupid. It's almost like saying that you didn't like how they ended a documentary film. The books are the books and if you don't like that the movie ended like the book (mostly), well too freakin' bad.
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it DIDN'T end like the book. Where was the battle of the shire?? where was Pippen and Merry come back as giants?

the book NEVER had a scene where they were all sitting around the bar having ale?

they didn't show how Saruman died. key key part of the book for me.

 
Originally posted by: Triumph
This is stupid. It's almost like saying that you didn't like how they ended a documentary film. The books are the books and if you don't like that the movie ended like the book (mostly), well too freakin' bad.
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😕 So you're okay with the fact that they left out a major portion of the book that was actually interesting but you don't agree with us who think they could have cut some of the more useless garbage out. Yeah, that makes sense.

'It's already been changed all to hell and it's stupid that you're suggesting they change it more. That's how it has to end' 😕
 
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: SackOfAllTrades
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
I'll agree with you. The ending fvcking sucked. By the end of the movie I was freaking sick of Frodo and didn't care where the hell he went. I didn't need to see Bilbo as some ancient old dude. The part where Frodo woke up and everyone was coming into his room was about the most fake stupid crap I've ever seen, etc.. So yeah, the ending sucked. It could have been done way better than it was. Kind of ruined the movie for me.
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how would you have wanted it to end, genius?
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Uh oh, I've upset one of the faithful. Really, any answer I give you'll think is horrible so why bother?
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well i never stated what I think of the endings, so that just adds to the pile of BS. but wow, you don't even try to back up what you said, that's pretty pathetic. I guess you wanted Aragorn to be bare assed and teabagging the eye of Sauron on top of Baradur while Frodo does a dragonball Z mid air twirl and then fastballs the ring down into the volcano, huh?

anyway, I thought the endings were focused in the wrong areas. if there was not going to be a scouring in the theatrical cut, then there is no need to show the hobbits going home (should have ended it at the map scene). I would have liked to actually hear Faramir say something again in the 2nd half of the movie, but whatever. BTW, I think PJ only filmed the Samwise-Rosie wedding so he'd have another excuse to put his ugly ass kids in another scene.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: Triumph
This is stupid. It's almost like saying that you didn't like how they ended a documentary film. The books are the books and if you don't like that the movie ended like the book (mostly), well too freakin' bad.
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it DIDN'T end like the book. Where was the battle of the shire?? where was Pippen and Merry come back as giants?

the book NEVER had a scene where they were all sitting around the bar having ale?

they didn't show how Saruman died. key key part of the book for me.
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Originally posted by: SackOfAllTrades

well i never stated what I think of the endings, so that just adds to the pile of BS. but wow, you don't even try to back up what you said, that's pretty pathetic. I guess you wanted Aragorn to be bare assed and teabagging the eye of Sauron on top of Baradur while Frodo does a dragonball Z mid air twirl and then fastballs the ring down into the volcano, huh?
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ROTFFL
 
Originally posted by: 95SS
Originally posted by: Walleye
i like it. it needed a closure. it was provided. it was an awesome movie. i still dont understand the father burning his son bit, though...
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Boromir's death drove him mad. That's why he sent Faramir to his death. Or what he thought was his death.
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Do you remember the Palantir that Pippin found at Isengard? Well, it seems there seven of them scattered throughout Gondor and Arnor. The ones from Arnor were lost, but one was at Minas Tirith, one was at Osgiliath (the city by the river), one was at Minas Ithil (Minas Morgul after Sauron's forces took it) and one was at Isengard. They basically allowed the user to view wherever they wanted on the earth as well as view the other seeing stones.

Sauron's forces took the one from Minas Ithil and he used it to communicate with Isengard. Denethor, for some reason, took the one from Minas Tirith and used it to view his realm, as well as look far and wide. Unfortunately he was caught one day by Sauron looking through his stone, and since he was weaker, Denethor was fed all sorts of "we're gonna kill you" imagery by Sauron. This, coupled with Boromir's death, drove Denethor to the edge. When the armies of Sauron attacked and Faramir was returned near death, this pushed him over the edge.

Denethor thought Faramir was dead, and because of the images from Sauron (combined with Sauron's army on his doorstep), he felt he was screwed. He figured it'd be better to cook than to be slain by an orc.

Yes, I've read the books too many times.
 
Originally posted by: SackOfAllTrades
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: SackOfAllTrades
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
I'll agree with you. The ending fvcking sucked. By the end of the movie I was freaking sick of Frodo and didn't care where the hell he went. I didn't need to see Bilbo as some ancient old dude. The part where Frodo woke up and everyone was coming into his room was about the most fake stupid crap I've ever seen, etc.. So yeah, the ending sucked. It could have been done way better than it was. Kind of ruined the movie for me.
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how would you have wanted it to end, genius?
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Uh oh, I've upset one of the faithful. Really, any answer I give you'll think is horrible so why bother?
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I guess you wanted Aragorn to be bare assed and teabagging the eye of Sauron .
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Lol, that's probably the funniest thing I've read all week so I'll be polite 😛

There's only a few things really worth saying about this. First, the fact that the ending sucked is my personal opinion. I don't begrudge you yours. Secondly, would there really be a point to me sitting here trying to figure out a better way to end a movie that I have no control over anyway? My ending might not be any better but even if it was 100 times better it really doesn't matter does it? Therefore, I'll just say that I didn't enjoy the ending and leave it at that.
 
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