Finally

[afro-elf]

As some of you know, the premier of LOTR opened in Thailand the same time my plane was boarding to bring me back to the land of the Nazi Muslims (aka Saudi Arabia)

Luckily, there is a black market here and I saw a boot leg video.
( there are no cinemas in the country)

Overall my impression is lukewarm.


First I wanna, state that I'm aware that it is a movie and that there needs to be changes.

I've no problems with that concept.

The hobbits I was completely neutral too. They looked the part to me; however, they seemed to be just there.

Merry and Pippin I couldn't tell apart.

Gandalf seemed like an incompetent drunk pedophile. He definately DID NOT exude the wisdom of an Istari.

Elrond, has the blood of Elves, Men and Maia in his veins. He looked...well damn ugly for an Elf.

Why did he talk down to Gandalf as opposed to treat as being of wisdom and power.

Gimli was ok except for that stupid helm.

What's up with Galadriel? She seemed to play Galadriel the way the Rohirrim and Gondorians speak about her in the books.

Liv, never felt that she was that attractive. I just too much of her father. ( when she was riding to the ford, I thought of the Aerosmith song Back in the Saddle)
However, she was not as bad as my fears assumed she would be.

Aragorn I liked. The part about him turning from that path I thought was an interesting change.

Legolas I thought was well done. They gave him the otherworldly qualities that I think set the Elves apart.

The surprise for me was Boromir. I really like the way he was in the movie far more than in the books.

I felt that his last stand and death were the best parts of the movie.

The Uruk Kai were impressvie. Not to sure if I care for thier birthing process.


I thought the Balrog was cool BUT the CGI there and with Isengard, and Bara Dur seemed amatuerish.

I wonder if non Tolkien fans could follow what was happening.

Sorry for the lack of rigor, but I'm tired.

PS the Nazgul scences were to my liking.