I totally agree with all of your complaints. I'm unclear why so many people love TTT so much. When I went to rent it, the twentysomething guy ringing me up said "You'll like it, it's a pretty good movie." I said, "Eh, I liked the first one better." He then froze and stared at me as if I had insulted his religion; and then proceeded to stutter at me about how it was better than the first, and each subsequent movie was just...just...better than the one before it etc. I said "well, the battles are pretty cool" which seemed to mollify him somewhat. Yeesh.
And, actually, the battles are pretty cool. If I want some fantasy swashbuckling, I can watch TTT, skipping the walky, talky parts. On the other hand, it's so incredibly disappointing to only be able to enjoy the battle scenes, when there was much more to enjoy in the book.
Incidentally, ignoring the book's Theoden entirely, I liked movie Theoden, in that watching the actor I felt as though I was seeing a living version of the aged Beowulf. Specifically, I loved his speech at his son's grave, and his speech as he put on his armor at Helm's Deep. It wasn't Theoden, per se, but it was spiffy.
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Date: 2003-09-08 08:15 am (UTC)And, actually, the battles are pretty cool. If I want some fantasy swashbuckling, I can watch TTT, skipping the walky, talky parts. On the other hand, it's so incredibly disappointing to only be able to enjoy the battle scenes, when there was much more to enjoy in the book.
Incidentally, ignoring the book's Theoden entirely, I liked movie Theoden, in that watching the actor I felt as though I was seeing a living version of the aged Beowulf. Specifically, I loved his speech at his son's grave, and his speech as he put on his armor at Helm's Deep. It wasn't Theoden, per se, but it was spiffy.