Anyone who has purchased the FotR or TTT Extended Edition on DVD will know that each one has a documentary on it dedicated to the titanic struggle PJ and company faced with adapting Tolkien’s masterpiece to the big screen. On that note, The Daily Telegraph today posted an op-ed piece discussing those exact difficulties and the similar challenges faced by those adapting New Line’s next big franchise, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, for its theatrical run in London. [More]
Month: December 2003
Ringers in the UK planning to watch The Return of the King in a Warner Village Cinema should be aware that Warner have decided to have a 15 minute interval during the show, so as to give cinema-goers a break from a cinematic experience that will clock in at nearly four hours. [More]
Sense a pattern here? The Hot Button columnist David Poland has more positive things to say about ROTK. [More]
A “King” that earns its crown, Peter Jackson’s final installment in his monumental “The Lord of the Rings” represents that filmmaking rarity — a third part of a trilogy that is decisively the best of the lot. (Note: A subscription to the site is required to read the full review, but a free 30-day subscription is offered – and the detailed review is worth it!) [More]
“The Return of the King” is the longest and most complicated of the three “Rings” films and probably fated to be the biggest moneymaker. Sure to be an Oscar contender in many categories and a breathtaking argument for director Peter Jackson winning every award there is to give, “King” has none of the usual deficiencies that frequently scuttle third films. [More]
With Trilogy Tuesday only 11 days away, we are stepping up the pace on Ticket Exchange. LOTR fans are surely a generous bunch, and we still have quite a few tickets left to offer. Tonight we have FIVE Ticket Exchange offerings. [More]
UPDATE: We have winners for all 5 locations. Congratulations to everyone. 🙂