UK Ringers can enter a competition to win a deluxe limited-edition LOTR boardgame [More]
Month: April 2002
Tunali in Bombay reckons that people would have got more of the plot if they’d stopped talking and listened to the dialogue. [More]
I asked Tunali in Bombay how he thought LOTR was doing there. “Well, as to your question whether the movie has become popular or not, I must tell you that it has! It was released here in Bombay sometime during February and it is still going housefull!! Unfortunately this is the last week in the theatres. (The contract is over I guess.) I know of people who have seen this movie twice and thrice(I saw it thrice!) and also there are some who just did not understand the movie!! I personally think that it is their fault ’cause they preffered to talk instead of listen to the dialogues.
Another reason the people did not like it is that it is a trilogy. But then if they can accept Star Wars I do not see why they should be so unjust to LOTR!
As for the books, yes, it is being publicised quite a lot. But I don’t see many around who have read the book. I think they are afraid of its length! They are at a loss. They really do not know how much they miss out! I am nuts about Harry Potter too. However I was dissapointed to see that LOTR was not as much awaited as HP was. I wish there was more publicity about the movie here in India. I heard that the trailer of The Two Towers has been released abroad? Wonder when it is going to come here? “
Well we hope the trailer does get there. C’mon, New Line, try harder!
Today is Sean Bean’s (Boromir) birthday! Sean was born Shaun Mark Bean on 17 April 1959, in Sheffield, England. That makes him 43 today, happy birthday Sean!
Now the NZ press is taking an interest, The Dominion ran an article on everyones favorite extra whom we call Figwit. Plus you can check out a website with info on his band, and even listen to samples! [More] [The Black Seeds]
from Yahoo: Kiwi actor Marton Csokas (Celeborn), who stars in the upcoming indie pic “Rain,” has been cast as a villain in Paramount’s “Timeline.” Richard Donner is directing the adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel. Csokas, who got his start on the New Zealand sudser “Shortland Street,” has two other gigs in the can: Revolution’s “XXX” and Fox Searchlight’s “Garage Days.”