Grondy thought it was funny.

Thanks Prog.

phew!

I just saw the best unofficial trailer there ever was.
http://www.lathamfilm.com/ROTK%20trailer.mpg

Acctually, the background music (NOT the voice that is singing a bit louder, but the other one, the background choir) comes from Carmina Burana, a rather well known opera, performed in the latin language, that I participated in some years ago. The part they used here is from a song called "O Fortuna". I love that song, really nice. I am very surprised they used it here since it's about these people relying on luck and trying to capture the opportunities that runs past them. Not exactly what I would say LotR is really about.

Anyway, lovely trailer, I can't stop watching it!! Thank you so much Delidia!

I had to wait for a while, but it was worth it. The trailer was great! Thanks, Delidia!






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I am watching this trailer again and again, and it just brings tears to my eyes. When the music goes forte you see that Hell has released all its powers and Satan himself is marching with all his troops and the great battle begins.. that just makes all my emotions explode!

(Acctually Grondy, not to be picky or anything, I just wanted to say my opinion here, I think the music goes from piano to forte and the only crescendo that is built is the one of our emotions and the emotions of the characters. Maybe there is a crescendo in the music that I don't hear because there are no crescendo in the real opera, just the switch from piano to forte, witch makes a really cool effect. They could have just fiddeled the music around, because in the Carmina Burana cd, you can barely hear the piano part, but in the trailer you can. Oh well, I might as well be wrong. Oh and to all of you who does not the music language piano means quiet, as in playing really quiet, and forte means strong.)

I believe that is because once you download it, it stays in your temp folder for a few hours, days, or weeks depending on your setup.

In Latin? Really?



Yes, O Fortuna... I'd heard this many many times in the past but I never knew the name of the song or the composer so I could download it or buy it or whatever. My break came with, believe it or not, Jackass, The Movie It's used in the hilarious opening sequence and credited at the end.

As to it's applicability to LotR, that's open for interpretation. You could apply the lyrics to Gollum, I suppose. Here's a translation (which is somewhat subjective and a tad too literal, according to the website I got it from), you tell me what you think:

O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing
and waning;
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice.

Fate - monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
you are malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
I bring my bare back
to your villainy.

Fate is against me
in health
and virtue,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
So at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate
strikes down the string man,
everyone weep with me!



I didn't agree with you here at first, Aire. Then I went and listened to the song (my d/led version, not the movie trailer version with the lead vocal thing going on... totally unnecessary) and I see now that you're right. A crescendo is a gradual increase in volume or force, whereas the increase here is sudden and very dramatic. Aire is totally correct... Orff managed to create the illusion of crescendo to the casual listener... but it's really only you're own emotion that's slowly building. Genius!

For anyone who hasn't heard, the official trailer for ROTK will start running in front of NL's Secondhand Lions starting this Friday, and also the official trailer will be available online on Monday Sept. 29th. Just a few more days’

i downeload the Trailer twice and i never can open it!!! Whuuuuuuuuuuua it is so hard, i dont no why?! I have a new Laptop, shit

But now to my question!


Okay I have a big question A VERY big question. I was watching TV, today about the new movie Matrix. BUT THERE WAS A SCENE OF LORD OF THE RINGS AND THERE I saw ELROND!!! ELROND HOW HE GAVES TO ARAGORN THE SWORD,AND ARWEN SHE WAS FIGHTING!!



Tell me is this truth?!!! I was daing I was getting so confused when you tell me I got it right and Elrond and Arwen are riding to Aragorn


This cant be true I don’t believe it!!

mhm???? For an answer I give you I give you everything!! ;-))

you confused with me Delidea??

i can understand, my english was bad, i try again to ask my question!

Okay:

I saw a short trailer on the TV from RtoK and in this Trailer I saw a scene where Eldrond gives to Aragorn the sword (Narsil or under the new name........??.) and then you see Arwen fighting.

So I was shocked. Why Elrond? He is not coming to Aragron anyway in the book and it woud be horoful to see it in the movie..
OKAY and I can see the trailer now, I have a Quick_Time_Player Downeloaded from a site.

So i hope now somebody understands me better ;_) Sorry for the first post.

Grondy viewed Alexander Nevsky last night and the music wasn't anywhere near simular to that in Delidia's trailer; just the emotion. So Grondy was all wet again. :elfembar:

Oh yes, I've already seen it a few times! Definitely exciting, and that last shot of Sam gave me goose bumps! Can’t wait!

I’m sure that shot wasn't all of her. I think it was just a little bit of a teaser glimpse at a part of her for all of the fans that have so eagerly been waiting for her appearance. I liken that shot to sort of just seeing a person’s hand whose about to come around the corner. I expect that she will be plenty terrifying when we finally get to see her revealed in all her disgusting glory.

Good point, and I’ll bet that this is the case as well. I know that the special effects people are still working around the clock, and that some scenes are still being re-shot. Also, just a little something that kind of ties into this, I saw an excellent screen cap comparison the other day that compares the image of Gandalf on Shadowfax looking out from the walls of Minas Tirith that was used in the bootleg trailer (that ended up being part of the ROTK preview on the TT theatrical DVD) to that same image also used on the official trailer for ROTK, and the difference is like night and day. It really is amazing how far the special effects have come in just the last month alone!

Here’s the link to that comparison for anybody who wants to check it out (please note that you will need to scroll down until you see the appropriate post by Samwise the Brave),

http://www.council-of-elrond.com/forums/showthread.php?s=6e7883b66027a8b6ffd451093e8d6635&threadid=117&perpage=30&pagenumber=169





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EvithianEhtmire posted on 1/10/2003 at 23:02

If you wantt a good pic of Shelob go here.

http://film.msn.dk/pgs/docs/newsItem_dk.asp?icn=72933&ci=183

Those where great pictures,I'm getting very excited about the movie now!