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You Will Enjoy "Lord of the Rings"
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| Dec. 18, 2001
| Poor Muttly's Patron
Posted on 12/17/2001 11:04:26 PM PST by PoorMuttly
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To: PoorMuttly
Thanks. I am thinking of taking my whole family during Christmas break. What is the youngest age you think this would be suitable for? (I've got a slew of nieces & nephews, ranging in age from 10 to 19)
To: PoorMuttly
Oh yeah, this piece of childish swords and dragons piece of crap with Elijah Wood is better than Casablanca, better than Ben Hur, better than Gone With the Wind!!! Wow!!!
NOT!
The real question is will it be any better than an average episode of Xena, Warrior Princess. I don't think so... Well I guess if you're gay, you'll like it more getting to see Elijah Wood and Sean Astin kiss each other...
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posted on
12/17/2001 11:18:00 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: M. Thatcher
I think the rating board in England cautioned against showing it to children under 8.
To: M. Thatcher
Thanks. I am thinking of taking my whole family during Christmas break. What is the youngest age you think this would be suitable for?It isn't age... all you need to tolerate this drivel is a lobotomy.
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posted on
12/17/2001 11:18:37 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: ambrose
Troll.
To: PoorMuttly
I've got tickets for Wednesday at 11:40 am. Can't wait!
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posted on
12/17/2001 11:22:57 PM PST
by
ipfreely
To: John Farson
Troll.
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posted on
12/17/2001 11:25:07 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: ambrose
I'd like to see YOU do better... let's have it!
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posted on
12/17/2001 11:25:23 PM PST
by
coydog
To: ambrose
It isn't age... all you need to tolerate this drivel is a lobotomy. Wow! I wish I had your power to judge something before I had seen it for myself! Maybe you could make some tapes and hawk them on early morning infomercials. You`d make a fortune! Are you a wizard of some sort?
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posted on
12/17/2001 11:30:00 PM PST
by
Slapper
To: ambrose
"better than Casablanca, better than Ben Hur, better than Gone With the Wind!!! Wow!!!
No dumb dumb. He said it was the best film in last DOZEN YEARS. Not the last 50 years. DOH!!!
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posted on
12/17/2001 11:33:42 PM PST
by
Theresa
To: ambrose
It isn't age... all you need to tolerate this drivel is a lobotomy.
This from the person who asked us, "What is the square root of pi?"
To: PoorMuttly; ecurbh
Thank you for posting your impression of the movie.
ecurbh, please ping your list.
To: ambrose
I thought you were cool. You've made some funny posts in the past. Now you just sound...odd.
To: Theresa
And you have to go back about 60 for Casablanca and Gone With the Wind.
To: John Farson, M. Thatcher
About the ages...I'm sure that the older children will understand and tolerate it well...especially the voting-age ones, who should
know about war...and why we who do seek to avoid it, especially for them. The younger ones will, should be OK if you are with them, and perpare them for it...but
I CRINGED, and even looked away a few times...not because it was intolerable or exploited on the screen (a great relief, for a change), but because I've seen enough of it to know what it is, and what it means. It is handled properly, and with respect and discretion, and hey...is what it is. The good guys live...and that modifies the horror. It is not protracted, but very brief badness, which is also a great relief, and quite appropriate for the story...which would be vainly useless without it. It needs the violence to propel it, and it does. Its "Hero" is an adolescent boy, with literally the world on his shoulders, even kings...and realizes he has to go it alone. He survives, and with a good, strong attitude...and with you, your children will too. Hey...I survived the 50's horror pictures, and Judgement at Nuremburg...because I was with my Military parents...and I learned how and why not to be a big-mouthed idiot, when it came to serious things like life and death and heroism and sacrifice and patriotism. True, I now let a cartoon dog type for me here...but he does a good job, we agree about most things, suprisingly, and it affords me deniability, should that ever prove useful. I have learned certain lessons well. The immediate future will be more visual media than reading, for the present younger generation, and it's better they get exposed to the BEST and hardest things
with you, not alone, or with a real
fool.
I hope (suspect not) 10 years of age will be merciful and safe for them...but one does stay tense but very interested for the full 3 hours or so. 13 would be better....but the Red baron died at age 24....it's your choice. It's not an idiot space alien, but human-related...and they live...mostly.
To: PoorMuttly
There is a little bit of grue (including a brief shot of an orc getting an arrow in the forehead) but little blood (especially compared with earlier Peter Jackson films).
The good guys win, the bad guys lose (although there aren't too many lingering shots of the bodies). Some of the good guys are tempted.
There are several scenes of visual wonder to enjoy. Old Tarzan and Christopher Lee Hammer Dracula films could spook me as a kid, so I don't know how this will set with young audiences. The bigger challenge for young audiences is the 3 hour length and heavy background story laid out. Names and places should be easy to pick up but again, someone younger could find it overwhelming.
The bigger drawback is that this film leaves the audience wanting more. Yes there are battle scenes and bits of tragedy but at the end of the film, we are on the brink of a grand adventure. That adventure won't continue for another year. Some people (young and old) may be disappointed in this world of "instant" gratification.
Some younger audiences may do better to wait a year (when they are older) and see FOTR and The Two Towers "back to back" (say within the same week).
No foul language, no sex or nudity, some violence with some consequences shown. I can't do more to offer help for bringing young kids.
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posted on
12/18/2001 12:33:51 AM PST
by
weegee
To: weegee
Bump post #17
No sex, foul language, implication, non-essential gore...the kids (boys) will like the arrow in the monster's eye...not the arrows (plural) in the warrior's chest...but a good lesson of the reality of fighting for real...not comic books...and what even primitive weapons can do...and how long it may take (really).
I think it's a bad idea to expose an actually young, but brave and willing child to this, though. May God protect them from the real thing until they are older...or forever...but you mess with an impressionable and creative person's head when they are fed it sitting down, in the dark. Not at all a good thing. Better to take them hunting first, for practical experience reference...or deal with the death of fish or other pets, a lot, first.
Finally, yes...three hours is not nearly enough...for an experienced (the harder experience, the better) ADULT. Waiting a year will be excruciating...but character-building.
To: PoorMuttly
bttt
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