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Movies for the Busy

Partial Law — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:04:15 -0800

Star Wars in 5 Seconds. The Empire Strikes Back. Return of the Jedi. Dozens more from this YouTube user, including Batman; The Lord of the Rings I, II, and III; Amadeus; The Passion; The Princess Bride; Titanic; The Big Lebowski; and my personal favorite, The Lion King.
"In 5 seconds" not to be taken literally. Some audio may be NSFW.

Lord of the Rip-offs

FunkyHelix — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 09:45:33 -0800

Tricksy those hobbitses What happens when two girls bilk LotR fans, trick the celebrities, and leave a volunteer holding the bag? Continued fan outrage and careful tracking.

Wait... where the hell is Harry Potter?

bluedaniel — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:37:22 -0800

What not to do at a showing of Return of the King...

Overstating Perhaps?

adrober — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:59:29 -0800

"This is frankly one of the greatest films ever made." Harry Knowles reviews "Return of the King."

Lord of the Tickets

alms — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:11:10 -0800

Did you think about buying tickets to the one day showing of all three LOTR movies? It would have been a good investment.

UKnowForKids — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 16:17:35 -0800

Sure, Peter Jackson's might be the most famous, and you've probably all heard of Ralph Bakshi's animated version and the Rankin-Bass one, but did you know that there have been other cinematic adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkien's works? Take a look at this 1960s musical adaptation of The Hobbit, for instance, or a 1940s Warner Bros. version of the complete trilogy. (Movie downloads require Quicktime.)

maudlin — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:36:34 -0800

"It's the ring. It's getting heavier". This site is offering a 20Mb Quicktime download of the trailer for LOTR: The Two Towers. Very obviously a bootleg filmed in a theatre -- it's got an annoying flicker and the sound is a bit mussy -- but pretty decent quality otherwise.

feelinglistless — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 15:52:56 -0800

Lord of the Rings sweeps Baftas It must be wierd for Peter Jackson to be working on the final two acts of his trilogy when the first part is winning awards. I think this is what can be termed 'pressure to perform'.

wfrgms — Wed, 05 Dec 2001 14:21:13 -0800

If you were expecting the Lord of the Rings movie to receive as much if not more scrutiny from Conservative Christians as Harry Potter did you’re in for a surprise. Despite LOTR being filled with violence and intense fantasy imagery few churches or religious watch-god groups will be condemning the fantasy epic like they did the occult heavy, yet kid-friendly Harry Potter flick.

The reason is simple: Tolkien was a devout Christian.
In fact, Tolkien persuaded C.S. Lewis, who himself later wrote several Christian classics, to become a Christian. The two are credited with paving the way for a new genre of devotional literature, influencing authors like Charles Williams, T.S. Eliot, G.K. Chesteron and Dorothy Sayers.

Fortunately for most Tolkien doesn’t let Christian imagery dribble into his stories the way C.S. Lewis did. So expect religous LOTR friendly reviews from all with the possible exception of the ChildCare Action Project. One has to wonder though - if Harry Potter author, J. K. Rowling, was more publicly religious would her books be as controversial?