8th May 2003, 12:23 PM
Lord of the Rings has one of the best stories I've ever read! I mean, it's simply incredible! Sheesh, pretty much every single word has this depth to it that is hard to match. The argument between Sauroman and Gandalf after the trees tear down Sauroman's tower alone is FAR deeper than what they say alone would suggest. Even the naming has meaning, with Sauroman's name just being an extension of Sauron.
While games rely on good gameplay and all other things must enhance it or emphasize that aspect, movies rely soley on good story and all things must enhance or emphasize that aspect. That's why I don't go to many movies. Movies always come in "phases". Start of the year, all the movies are romantic comedies (read: the blood of still-born demons spilled onto a camera), then it breaks away into cheesy action movies or cheesy sci-fi stuff (read: The Core, the most horrendously stupid thing I've ever seen, and all those other cheesy "save the president from them, oh, no, it's the PRESIDENT who's REALLY the bad guy!", then during the summer, solid comedies. Not so bad here, I enjoy a laugh or two, though they DO give away ALL the good jokes during the previews these days. When fall comes around, nothing but cheesy horror movies (final destination was just plain STUPID, no need to see the second one). Eventually, the end of the year comes along, and at long last, it's time to release a few decent movies, like Return of the King. It's going to be a long year, but this pattern hasn't been broken since I discovered it 3 years ago, meaning that of course Return of the King will rock just like the last two volumes.
While games rely on good gameplay and all other things must enhance it or emphasize that aspect, movies rely soley on good story and all things must enhance or emphasize that aspect. That's why I don't go to many movies. Movies always come in "phases". Start of the year, all the movies are romantic comedies (read: the blood of still-born demons spilled onto a camera), then it breaks away into cheesy action movies or cheesy sci-fi stuff (read: The Core, the most horrendously stupid thing I've ever seen, and all those other cheesy "save the president from them, oh, no, it's the PRESIDENT who's REALLY the bad guy!", then during the summer, solid comedies. Not so bad here, I enjoy a laugh or two, though they DO give away ALL the good jokes during the previews these days. When fall comes around, nothing but cheesy horror movies (final destination was just plain STUPID, no need to see the second one). Eventually, the end of the year comes along, and at long last, it's time to release a few decent movies, like Return of the King. It's going to be a long year, but this pattern hasn't been broken since I discovered it 3 years ago, meaning that of course Return of the King will rock just like the last two volumes.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)