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AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	Ok guys... you can thank me for staying loyal to Ain't it Cool News on a daily bases.... They hooked us up BIG TIME And provided us with a direct link to... Drum Rolll Please.... The NEW Lord of the Rings FULL trailor property of "The One Ring.net" I haven't been able to see it yet since I'm telling you all from work, but supposedly it's pretty sweeet. Lemme know what you all think! http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=9141 [Message edited by AaronR1074 on 05-25-2001]
posted 05-25-2001 03:11 PM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Anyone know what the music is from? (the music in the Fellowship of the Ring trailer), especially the 2nd half. I'm guessing it's from some other film, coz it sure doesn's sound like my idea of a LOTR score to me. It's good though.
posted 05-25-2001 03:33 PM PT (US)

Justin Oscar® Winner	I kept hearing about this movie and never really got excited about it until I saw the trailer. I'll be honest and say it wasn't anything FANTASTIC but it sure did have me wondering more and wanting to see it. I can't remember the boys name but geez, couldn't they have picked someone else? Or perhaps he fits the character he plays? Don't really know much about the Lord of the Rings so do enlighten me.
posted 05-25-2001 03:52 PM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	From what I've seen so far and having read the book I think the casting is quite good, not only in the case of Frodo. McKellan as Gandalf is what I'm looking forward to most.
posted 05-25-2001 04:22 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I haven't seen many films with Elijah Wood, but he looks like he can do an excellent Frodo. I've never seen Ian McKellen before, but he looks promising as Gandalf, too. Christopher Lee as Saruman should be great, and John Rhys-Davies as Gimli and Brad Dourif as Grima were my own casting ideas, too. And I'm absolutely certain that Ian Holm is nothing else than perfect for the role of Bilbo. NP: Alex North: 2001 (NPO, Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 05-25-2001 06:25 PM PT (US)

Probable Oscar® Winner	I'm very, very much looking forward to this. Thanks for the trailer tip, Aaron!
posted 05-25-2001 08:34 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	The trailer can also be found at the offical site. (in RV format, QT coming next week) I think this movie looks kick @$$! I bought the book today and am reading it with "Potter" I can't wait. The score sounds good (if it's Shore) Dec 19th needs to be here now! --Brian NP: Pearl Harbor [Message edited by Crono/Kyp on 05-25-2001]
posted 05-25-2001 09:44 PM PT (US)

DeadPoet Oscar® Winner	I think they've assembled a terrific cast. Elijah Wood is one hell of an actor for his age, and I'm sure he'll be excellent as Frodo. I've been looking forward to these films since production started rolling and I can't wait to see them, and hear what type of score Shore creates. --Jason S.
posted 05-26-2001 03:13 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Oh yes, and that Orlando Bloom guy is the closest I've ever seen to an elf in my life.
posted 05-26-2001 03:48 AM PT (US)

pietari_k Oscar® Nominee	Anyway, Shore is probably going to come up with brilliance. Just the thought of voices dominating the score chills me (reported at aintitcool.com) The Yards is an exemplary score of the melancholic variety (track 13!!) Cheers! Pete-Boy
posted 05-26-2001 06:43 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I now saw the trailer (in a very low-quality QT version), and it looks AMAZING! From what I've read, the music used in the trailer is some Zimmer piece, and I'm sure Shore's work will sound different.
posted 05-27-2001 06:19 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	A Zimmer piece? Where did you read that? My gut tells me that it was the music Shore wrote for the Cannes screening - it sounds very much like his style..... Dan
posted 05-27-2001 09:03 AM PT (US)

ManOfSorrows Oscar® Winner	I read that the music was from "Power of one" by Zimmer. Don't remember where I read it. [Message edited by ManOfSorrows on 05-27-2001]
posted 05-27-2001 09:53 AM PT (US)

Nicolai P. Zwar Oscar® Winner	I am a huge fan of the original novels The Hobbit (which is the proloque to The Lord of the Rings) and The Lord of the Rings itself. It is probably tricky material to film well, but I have to admit the signs for this movie look darn good. It seems the makers of this thing really care about the material, and I am very much looking forward to the film. Christopher Lee as Sauruman is an inspired casting choice, because Lee has one hell of a remarkable voice, which is needed for this character.
posted 05-27-2001 10:17 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Yeah, I've always been looking forward to the filmic representation of the chapter Saruman's Voice. Nicolai, do you know the recent German "re-translation" of LOTR? If so, what is it like? Not that I intend to read it in German again, I'll soon be starting on the nifty English luxury edition I got for Christmas, but I'm curious. Particularly since I think Margit Carroux (sp?) did a marvellous job on the original translation, particularly when you consider that the book is pretty much untranslateable. Dan, I think http://www.theonering.net mentioned that it is supposed to be one of Zimmer's works, and it sounds like one to me. NP: Anton Bruckner: Symphony #9 with Finale (Bruckner Orchester Linz, Kurt Eichhorn)
posted 05-27-2001 03:25 PM PT (US)

Nicolai P. Zwar Oscar® Winner	Sorry, Marian, but I have read these books only in English so far and don't know the German translations. I have heard, however, the German SWF radio play adaptation of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, both of which are splendid. Especially The Hobbit was excellent (and my first introduction to the material). Upon hearing the radio play version of The Hobbit about six years ago I immediately went out and bought the books (in English -- just the regular paperback versions though, not the hardcover luxury edition <insert drooling envy here> ). But I am wondering myself which of the two German translations of LOTR would be the preferable, because I just might want to have a German copy of the books as well.
posted 05-27-2001 03:41 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	As I said, I've only read Margit Carroux translation, but that one is excellent. It can't compare to the original of course, which I've read once before - at that time, I knew the German translation so well (having it read 6 times) that I knew most of the sentences by heart. I'm thinking about getting the CD set of LOTR narrated by Ian Holm. Trailer music update, again from TheOneRing.net: The opening music in the trailer is from a song by Loreena McKennitt called The Mystic's Dream. I'm downloading the high quality QuickTime version of the trailer at the moment, but the server is crap and this has been taking hours already NP: Anton Bruckner: Symphony #9 with Finale (Bruckner Orchester Linz, Kurt Eichhorn)
posted 05-27-2001 04:19 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	Marian, thanks for the trailer music clarification! The trailer-music database has been updated. Dan
posted 05-27-2001 07:13 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Well, I can't guarantee that it's true - it's just what I read at TOR.net
posted 05-28-2001 11:01 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Marian Schedenig: Well, I can't guarantee that it's true - it's just what I read at TOR.net Well, it's pretty much true. I listened to the cues, and they seem to match.... Thanks again! Dan
posted 05-28-2001 07:52 PM PT (US)

Probable Oscar® Winner	That's actually a legal term. The "pretty much true" precedent was actually set in the OJ Simpson case, when it was determined that OJ was "pretty much" telling the truth. It has since been used in countless lawsuits, with the verdict usually running along the lines of "it was pretty much their fault."
posted 05-28-2001 09:17 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	Ok all.. I finaly found the time to actualy WATCH this trailor on the net.... Wow. Wow, and triple WOW. This movie is so tolkien it's sick. I mean... the ring raiders look wonderful and mysterious, the orcs are wild, gandalf looks like something of a combo between Bachi animation and sorcerer's apprentice... great wizardly look. The beautiful thing about this flick is that it doesn't look like a video game. The whole thing looks very natural. It's a great epic scale. I'm looking forward to this movie more than Star Wars. And I don't know about the rest of you, but I STILL want to hear "Lothlorein" by Enya in it somewhere... NP - "Ghost in the Shell" [Message edited by AaronR1074 on 05-31-2001]
posted 05-31-2001 08:02 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by AaronR1074: This movie is so tolkien it's sick. What I find amazing: I'm sure I'm not the only one who immediately knew "this is Anduin" when the river is shown. But later I realized that this wasn't simply a logical conclusion (this MUST be Anduin), it was simply clear that this IS Anduin. It's exciting how similar to the "real" Middle Earth at least some of the locations are.
posted 06-01-2001 05:23 PM PT (US)

Valere Oscar® Winner	Cast this movie back in 1967,so here goes:Please REMEMBER,these people were still ALIVE back then! Roddy McDowall:Grima /Faramir:Chuck Heston /Denethor:Lord Oliver Aragorn:Richard Harris or Sean Connery(if you prefer)/Gandalf:Nichol Williamson/Frodo: Ringo the other 3-the rest of the Fab 4!/Smeagol/Gollum: Tom Courtnay there are so many characters,that I would have to sit down,re-set my mind to 1967,when I first read this, to give you a complete list. Butr Richard Lester should have directed,IMHO.
posted 06-02-2001 08:26 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Valere: Frodo: Ringo the other 3-the rest of the Fab 4! ROFLMAOPIMP! NP: U.S. Marshals (Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 06-03-2001 06:31 AM PT (US)

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