What is the highest quality Lord of the Rings movie?

[tazmandevil3]

For all of you who have seen these movies, which do you consider to be the best? I have yet to see Return of the King, sadly (though I have read the book...incredible book). :(

However, I have the Extended Edition DVD boxsets of both FotR and TTT, and I would have to say that I consider Fellowship to be just a tad better than Two Towers. They are both phenomenal movies, however. Return of the King must be absolutely incredible, from what I have heard.

[MoMo]

I went with the Fellowship of the Ring, extended edition. That could change though, once they release the extended edition RotK.

[Andromeda321]

I must go with The Return of the King myself. There was nothing in the first two that lacked in the third one, and it helps that the plot finally reached a conclusion.
Though the best line was in the first one- "you mean he doesn't know about second breakfast?" :lol:

[TriangleMan]

I loved RotK but found that I liked the army battle in TT better. All three movies were of such equal quality that I wouldn't be surprised if my "favourite" one changed from time to time.

[The Supreme Canuck]

I'd have to say TTT. It just seemed a bit more epic than the other two did. Just my opinion though. :wink:

[Vega115]

I'd have to say TTT. It just seemed a bit more epic than the other two did. Just my opinion though. :wink:

:o *mouths hits the floor and causes the Earth to be pushed off its axis..and Pat watches everyone here cringe at the B.A. in the previous words*

You mean you dont consider Pelenor Fields epic?! *as the french would say...le Faint!*

[FP]

FOTR, extended edition. I'm sure that ROTK, ee will be the best of the bunch.

[milli360]

Pat watches everyone here cringe at the B.A. in the previous words
B.A.?

[Amadeus]

This version cracked me up.
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/25/

As for my fav proper film I honestly cant tell. I see it more like it's all one film. Pendantic I know but they all have their good points and bad.

One thing I would like to see improved in the extended ROTK is to make the battle scenes longer.
And the ending shorter. :lol: Being careful not to do spoilers.....

[Glom]

I voted FOTR, though it was very, very close. To be honest, I think they are all superior in their own way.

ROTK is better for greater focus on story and character.

TTT is better for the action. There are some who would say the Battle of Minas Tirith was better but while it had lots of cool stuff in it like hurling big boulders, a cool wedding cake under seige and the spine tingling charge of the Rohirrim, it lacked the tension of the Battle of Helms Deep.

FOTR is better for a certain epic quality. That may be in part due to much greater use of chorus music. The journey was the focus of FOTR. There was a lot of motion while the other two focused more on specific events in specific places. There was also a much greater feel for the bad guy in FOTR. There was a much more feeling of being hunted by Sauron while on the epic quest while the other two concentrated on the threat on conventional armies.

[gethen]

I think it's hard to separate the story into 3 parts. You start with happy carefree hobbits and mysterious elves, dwarves, men, and an exciting journey. Then things start to get ugly. TT makes you start to realize that this is really an approaching disaster that will affect the world well beyond the Shire forever. By ROTK, it's dead serious, battle to the death will little hope of success, and all the characters have been changed for life. The genius of the story telling by Tolkien is that you don't know much more than Frodo does about what's coming and you learn along with him and his friends. Each movie has a role to play in getting you there. I can't choose a favorite.
But now that I've said that, my favorite scene is the charge of the Rohirrim led by Gandalph down the big hill as the sun rises at Helm's Deep. A wonderful image, CGI or not.

[Mainframes]

But now that I've said that, my favorite scene is the charge of the Rohirrim led by Gandalph down the big hill as the sun rises at Helm's Deep. A wonderful image, CGI or not.

Unfortunately that took a huge pinch of proverbial salt that scene (as did a fair bit of the trilogy). The rohirrim that gandalf mustered were all supposed to be on foot, only gandalf was mounted. Why were orcs attacking a keep armed with pikes? And why would the (mounted) rohirrim charge at a wall of (pike armed) orcs??

Got to say though I loved RotK just for the pure granduer of the film, everything was on an epic scale (including the mumakil!).

[nebularain]

I still vote for the book.

[Tito_Muerte]

I enjoyed the second book the best..... especially the Quinten Tarentino style time lapse thing that Tolkien did...... (I'm sure Tolkien was inspired by reservior dogs).....


But because it was changed so drastically for the movie, I ended up despising the second film... (Although that decreased with the EE)......


Anyway, my vote was with the third film.

[Jpax2003]

I enjoyed the second book the best..... especially the Quinten Tarentino style time lapse thing that Tolkien did...... (I'm sure Tolkien was inspired by reservior dogs).....


But because it was changed so drastically for the movie, I ended up despising the second film... (Although that decreased with the EE)......


Anyway, my vote was with the third film.

I don't think the time-shifting was Tolkien's idea. It was the intercutting done by PJ and Co. And I think you're joking about Resevoir Dogs inspiring Tolkien...The Lord of the Rings was written in 1949. It was one book, not three. They divided it into 3 volumes for economic reasons (i.e. post-war paper shortages).

I liked the second film despite the changes. The Faramir changes make more sense than the book, although I still would have done it differently. I don't mind the early ending of Frodo and Sam in TT as it was chronologically sound. The elves at Helms deep was almost too much, but on reflection I don't mind so much. What I missed most was the lack of Saruman and Gandalf's confrontation.