Keith Devens .com

I didn't expect you to link my forum post. But, since you did, on a whim I decided to add permalink anchor functionality to the forum so you can link directly to a certain post... the one you mentioned above being located at: http://yaysoft.com/php/post.php?t=2044&qw=13#p20841 and the one where I mention manufacturing ass for the purpost of LotR kicking it at: http://yaysoft.com/php/post.php?t=2044&qw=13#p20845

It took me all of 3 minutes to add, I should have done that long ago.

Nice.

BTW, not totally related, but I have a similar feature in my weblog that I stuck in there for the heck of it in case I wanted it, but I don't currently use it...

http://www.keithdevens.com/weblog/?2002-12-19#id3209

here is a message board post that i read. no direct link, so i just copied it...

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A Monumental Film? No where near.
What can I say: This was a major disappointment. It was contrived of everything cliche and loitered with ridiculous editing. What was good about fellowship is all gone in this uncannily incoherent and malformed production. The magic is lost. And sadly, so is the viewer. It cuts from one story to another so abruptly that no sustainable coherence is left behind. And, unlike Fellowship, this movie is as cheeseball as it gets. The costumes, the acting, the "surprises" all seem so utterly contrived that I was left squirming in my seat. I have read the Two Towers and to say this movie takes advantage of Tolkien's works is an understatement. Within the first twenty minutes I gave up all hope that what I read in the book would be actualized on screen. With the exception of the Frodo, Sam and Gollum storyline and a few breathtaking visuals (the Oliphaunts, Nazgul and the Black Gates), this film had nothing that floored me to my seat. Even the much anticipated "Helm's Deep" battle was a mess. Just when tension and suspense would build in the scene, it would cut somewhere else. None of the characters are more fleshed out by the film either. They are more trivialized than anything. The characters are more walking insults to the audience's intelligence than anything. They are more like a joke than a character (Gimli for instance). I don't understand how people are actually heralding this film as monumental. It's just not worth it. I appreciate what Jackson is trying to do, but ultimately he's transformed a rich, lush, enlivened world into a Saturday morning, cheeseball serial. That alone, is a real shame.
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found here: http://www.cinecon.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2293