Ringer Spy Ozscot sends in more info on the 20 minutes of footage he saw! I wrote a…
Continue ReadingRinger Spy Ozscot sends in more info on the 20 minutes of footage he saw!
I wrote a review soon after seeing it but didn’t go into the minutia as only fans would likely be interested. The producer mentioned that special software has been developed to allow for the massive battle scenes. [More]
I wrote a review soon after seeing it but didn’t go into the minutia as only fans would likely be interested. The producer mentioned that special software has been developed to allow for the massive battle scenes. Instead of the orcs running like ants …each individual is autonomous (spell check please) and fights when confronted. It even differentiates between trees and other obstacles , amazing. They were yet to add additional coloring , sound and special effects of course but what I saw impressed me.
There is an exciting scene where the black riders chase the hobbits on to a barge. Frodo jumps on to it just before the black riders overtake him and then the riders head back to travel many miles to the next bridge to catch up with them( this is before Bree of course). I can’t recall if that scene was in the book though. At the beginning when Frodo greets Gandalf there is a shot of the shire with the massive party tree and in the next scene they are at Bag End checking out the ring. There are 2 portraits on the wall above the fireplace 1 male (smoking) and 1 female. Frodo’s parents I presume. McKellen is spot on as the wizard and Wood convincing as Frodo. When they encounter the black riders on the road they have just picked some mushrooms and Frodo senses something/someone on the road ahead. As they hide under the tree off the road the black rider stops and starts sniffing and the hobbits look terrified. The scene has no music but is chilling and true to the book.
The snow scene is where the fellowship are trying to avoid Moria. Frodo for some reason has dropped the ring ; perhaps he has slipped it’s not clear in the footage shown but Borimir picks it up and looks through it. He mutters something like ”how can such a small thing cause so much trouble”(not an exact quote). Sean Bean is very good as is Legolas but I thought the elf would be more lightly built to ‘skip over snow’ and such like. This Legolas looks very strong but many fans may see him that way I guess. He was still very good. The scene at Orthanc with Saruman took my breath away.
The strongly built orc looks fantastic and I can’t wait to see them again. Lee obviously delights in his role and from what I’ve read he has waited a lifetime to play this part. Maybe he will steal a few scenes from McKellan from what I saw. It looked like it had just emerged from an egg or cuckcoon…it’s not really clear where it came from but it was naked and steaming hence the assumption that it had just been born and so life like I’m not suprised the producers wanted to show it off. Lee booms out “Whom do you serve?”, “The white hand of Saruman!” it replies in a hideous voice. I think you will be impressed with these huge orcs that can run in the sun. I’ll try and remember more details and send them to you but hopefully they will release this or similar footage so the real fans can see it. Of the 50 people I saw this with I’m sure only a few were fans and it’s sad that someone can see this preview who doesn’t really have empathy with the material. Well lets hope it’s not too long before everybody gets a look in.
Cheers , Ozscot
Only 12 days of filming left, and it’s made them go all silly. They’re actually allowing the stars to appear at public events all over the place!
Here’s the news snippet thanks to Rachel, who caught the item on NZ’s Three News:
“… I didn’t catch much but from what I gathered it was about the wrap up. They were filming a Christmas parade which some of the actors from the Lord of the Rings had turned up to… they interviewed a few of them including Sir Ian Mckellen, John Noble and Sean Astin. It also showed a few shots of some of the other actors, some screens from the trailer and some pictures of the Minas Tirith and Edoras sets. I don’t remember much of what was said but Sean Astin was asked about the Wrap Party. He wouldn’t say much about it. He was cheeky to the reporter – it was quite amusing.”
There’s a mention of it on the TV3 site here – nothing really new, but they’ve added up the cost of the movies so far and arrived at NZ$690,000,000 which is a big number when you write it out that way! There’s a picture too, which is sort of…..hmmmmmm.
Well Tolkienites, after a long absence, Gamgee is back and in full swing! Our last winner was Androg! Good job buddy! The answers were;
1) Gimli: 42 Legolas: 41
2) Greyhame
3) Saruman
Here are the questions for today;
1) What was the name for the underground halls of Thingol?
2) “onnsarin” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “Or two? I can see only one, and a little one at that.” (Who said this?)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck………Gamgee
