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Having read a few comments (and partially feeling guilty for my own, after reading Mark's post!), I had to reflect more on what, exactly, it was about RotK that placed it lower than the other two parts for me. At least in my memory. I think Daniel M hit it commenting, "The kind of deus ex machina with the Army of the Dead always annoyed me a bit too."
That is really the only negative memory I have of it. When this film released, I was crazy deep into obsessing over 3d modeling, animation, and digital effects, so my view of cinema at that time was heavily biased. Apart from the ex machina feel of the Army of the Dead, I remember being very disappointed in the way those effects were handled. Not that it looked bad, just that I felt that perhaps budget was blown by that point and they could only afford a scripted ghostly mass "wash" over the land rather than marching on foot. It felt too simple relative to every other effect presented to that point within this trilogy.
I haven't read the books since 9th grade. Maybe that's how it was written? Do any of you remember how the book portrayed this army?
Yeah, I admit that's a terribly superficial judgment on the movie. Admitting that, I still struggle moving past it as those scenes deeply gutted me at the time. So much so that I still pull back when I watch it now. I believe I burned through all three back around August and that was still touch and go. But I'm trying hard to find any other fault with it. Yeah, maybe Gandalf's comment on the slow bed scene near the end, but whatever. I can probably let that go. I mean the trilogy was massive. One needed a moment to just decompress. My view may be entirely different had the Army of the Dead simply looked different in how they entered the battle.
(sorry, mark!)
That is really the only negative memory I have of it. When this film released, I was crazy deep into obsessing over 3d modeling, animation, and digital effects, so my view of cinema at that time was heavily biased. Apart from the ex machina feel of the Army of the Dead, I remember being very disappointed in the way those effects were handled. Not that it looked bad, just that I felt that perhaps budget was blown by that point and they could only afford a scripted ghostly mass "wash" over the land rather than marching on foot. It felt too simple relative to every other effect presented to that point within this trilogy.
I haven't read the books since 9th grade. Maybe that's how it was written? Do any of you remember how the book portrayed this army?
Yeah, I admit that's a terribly superficial judgment on the movie. Admitting that, I still struggle moving past it as those scenes deeply gutted me at the time. So much so that I still pull back when I watch it now. I believe I burned through all three back around August and that was still touch and go. But I'm trying hard to find any other fault with it. Yeah, maybe Gandalf's comment on the slow bed scene near the end, but whatever. I can probably let that go. I mean the trilogy was massive. One needed a moment to just decompress. My view may be entirely different had the Army of the Dead simply looked different in how they entered the battle.
(sorry, mark!)
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"My Dionne Warwick understanding of your dream indicates that you are ambivalent on how you want life to eventually screw you." - Joel
"Ever try to forcibly pin down a house cat? It's not easy." - Captain Steel
"I just can't get pass sticking a finger up a dog's butt." - John Dumbear
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