Comments on: The Fellowship of the Ring BOOK CUT http://fanedit.org/4818/ The wonderful world of movies - edited by fans for fans Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hunter12 http://fanedit.org/4818/comment-page-1/#comment-9390 hunter12 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:22:55 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=4818#comment-9390 very well done and nicely done a good why of doing the first film it is more real to the film very well done and nicely done a good why of doing the first film it is more real to the film

]]> By: spelledaren http://fanedit.org/4818/comment-page-1/#comment-9357 spelledaren Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:01:57 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=4818#comment-9357 It's hard to not to judge this by comparision, as I've seen two other FotR edits recently (one of them from one of the editors on this project). As such this stands on two good feet. The technical side is excellent, but sometimes I wish that the edit would be more daring, but for at least one thing it's too daring instead! The really brave part was including things read by one of the editors. By the ford of Bruinen it works great, excellent subtle and yet daring addition. that's what I like! But during the battle of the last alliance it doesn't work at all. It's so clearly out of place, no narration at all would have been better. Still didn't like the stairway cut. The fellowship sees some corpses when entering Moria, but no mention is done of them. Slightly odd...or perhaps all dungeons in this world are littered with the bodies of the dead? :P ¨The editors has chosen to include the appearance of the orcs in the end, even though they first show up in the two towers book. I fully agree on this. I suppose it depends on how you view the book-cut part. Must it adhere strictly to the pages in the book? At least this way the ending makes sense. There were too many scenes left unaltered (that I want to change) for me too go all the way with this. This is the most skilled FotR edit we have here, but for the first half of the movie, not the most entertaining one. And probably not the one that sticks most closely to the book either. 4 / 5 stars. Looking forward to the rest. It’s hard to not to judge this by comparision, as I’ve seen two other FotR edits recently (one of them from one of the editors on this project).
As such this stands on two good feet. The technical side is excellent, but sometimes I wish that the edit would be more daring, but for at least one thing it’s too daring instead!

The really brave part was including things read by one of the editors. By the ford of Bruinen it works great, excellent subtle and yet daring addition. that’s what I like! But during the battle of the last alliance it doesn’t work at all. It’s so clearly out of place, no narration at all would have been better.

Still didn’t like the stairway cut. The fellowship sees some corpses when entering Moria, but no mention is done of them. Slightly odd…or perhaps all dungeons in this world are littered with the bodies of the dead? :P

¨The editors has chosen to include the appearance of the orcs in the end, even though they first show up in the two towers book. I fully agree on this. I suppose it depends on how you view the book-cut part. Must it adhere strictly to the pages in the book? At least this way the ending makes sense.

There were too many scenes left unaltered (that I want to change) for me too go all the way with this. This is the most skilled FotR edit we have here, but for the first half of the movie, not the most entertaining one. And probably not the one that sticks most closely to the book either.

4 / 5 stars.

Looking forward to the rest.

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