The LOTR movies were overblown and long drawn out, especially The Return of the King. Frodo’s last part of the journey to get past Saurons eye and into the cave to destroy the ring was tedious to say the least. The whole film could have been condensed into an hour and a half. And another thing - too much reliance on the eagles to save the day. Send in the cavalry.
Out of interest, why didn’t Frodo and crew merely fly to Mordor on the backs of the eagles? Would have saved a lot of time.
Well slap my @rse. 
Would you find that nice???
That would be telling galty. :-p
Apologies, I’m a bit grumpy today. 
I agree with Judd. I’ve seen all of the LOTR movies, and was underwhelmed by them all. What really got on my tits was, that bloody Gollum, and his “precious” blatherings! Now GOT is a completely different animal, lots more exciting, better storyline, good acting, and no stupid hobbits! I’m ripping through series 1, onwards and upwards!!! :-):-)
That’s what’s in the book though. That IS the character Gollum.
I take it you never read the books
Simply because the ring had to remain hidden. The sky over Mordor was effectively owned and controlled by the winged Nazgul.
Remember how Frodo, Sam and Gollum had to remain hidden from them in the Dead Marshes.
And how they had to stay hidden behind rocks whilst in Mordor to avoid the gaze of Sauron.
The task was one of stealth. The ring had to remain concealed from agents of Mordor be they orcs, Nazgul or just the “crows” or Sauron.
Using the ring was equally perilous as it could be sensed by Mordor agents if nearby.
I haven’t seen the movies so I can’t comment but if I have a complaint about the book it is that it took 600 pages to get to the end of the journey and 40 pages to get home.
(That is really quibbling)
But Frodo could have remained hidden just buy wearing the ring while atop a giant eagle away from Modor agents. A quick ten minutes flying over Mordor and he would have been at the cave. Job done.
An excellent series with a great cast. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister is exceptionally good. They aren’t too bothered about killing main characters off either.
Just ordered it. Seasons 1-7 £25.69.
GOT that is. Not LOTR as that isn’t the subject here.
Nice one Floydy, enjoy!!! :-):-)
Will do John, thanks. I won’t be starting it for a couple of months though as I have so many other recordings to catch up on. Homeland has taken over my viewing completely at the moment 
Series 8 the last one starts in April.
Think you should get stuck in to the series before its broardcast
He is just fabulous isn’t he. But there is so much great acting in GoT. It’s just Sansa and Theon Greyjoy that get on my nerves. Some of the sub plots are so disturbing. The worst thing was Jaime having his hand cut off. Horrible!
Thanks for the heads-up on the final season of Homeland starting next month, Galty. 
This will tie in nicely as I still have seasons 6 and 7 to watch. I don’t want to record the new season from the TV as I cannot abide adverts in drama programmes. I’ll buy the DVD as soon as the series ends 
I could think of worse things than that in the series but I’d best not ruin for Floydy.
Yeah cheers Annie! 
Judd’s turned into Annie??
Well it is the weekend I suppose.
I believe Judd’s post was a response from Annie’s previous post mate
