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01-12-2003, 07:23 PM

*cough* Just saw the Twin Towers today (finally.. thank god).

Ok, here's my comparison of the movies side by side:

Plot:

James Bond is thrown yet into another action flick of guy trying to take over the world/cause chaos/get rich who consequently happens to have fallen upon some technology that's only rival is from MI16 headquarters. Same basic concept... find out who the guy is, kill some people, follow the bastard to his lair, kill some more guys, screw some chicks, through in a few special effects, and in about 2 1/2 hours the movie ends with Bond screwing on of the chicks again... only 5 minutes after killing the bad guy and saving the world for about the 20time.

And the Twin Towers, instead of copying and pasting their last movie, they actually pick up where the last one left off. Aarogan, Gimili, and Legolas travel for 3 days with no rest, food, or... anything to try and rescue their freinds. Gandalf survives the fall, comes back to his 3 companions aid, and together they find a way against seemingly impossible odds (note: I say impossible because unlike James Bond, each one them isn't automatically handed out god mode and can take on 10,000+ enemy's in one movie without ever being touched except by a couple of quick punches in the last 5 minutes of the film). And it follows the others in their own adventures (which I'm to lazy to go ahead and put up here right now as I'm crunched for time).

Setting/atmosphere:

This is just incomparable. LOTR = ownz James Bond.

Special Effects:

Die Another Day is just too damn full of it. Almost like the director was saying "through in another couple of special effects here... and oh there's a good scene for a few thousand explosions." LOTR.. I will admit, almost got carried away at the beging with Gandalf stabbing at the Balrog in midair (I mean, cmon... even for Him that's not going not going to accomplish anything).

Acting:

Almost as obvious as setting.. they don't even need dialoge in James Bond movies now a day. 007 would get by just as easily grunting when he's seducing a girl and making strange orc sounding growls when attacking his opponents. All other acting is totally covered up by the special effects in the background :biggrin:

Overall:

I think you all know my stance here... but maybe I'll think about it tomorrow and make a more complete comparison (when I'm NOT busy).

01-12-2003, 07:23 PM	#19
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