FotR: Prologue

[lucidity]

Ahem...Hello! I guess I'll get the ball rolling.

(The prologue goes from the beginning of the film to a shot of the map at Bilbo's house.)

I adore the narration at the beginning here. Cate Blanchett's voice is mesmerizing. She adds just the right amount of wonder to it.

I am not certain what is new and what was in the theatrical release, but seeing the ring in action, on Sauron's hand, you can understand why Isildur thought it was quite a powerful weapon.

Here's a silly question. Why is Sauron not invisible when he wears it?

[laerien]

Now that is a good question!

I simply love the prologue! It took my breath away when I first watched it, and it can still have that effect!

Having a narrator was a very good choice! And I like the voice as well! It is wonderful that it's a women. Now, I couldn't even imagine it otherwise.

[eggowaffles]

I love the FotR prologue... I'm amazed at how much exposition it manages to fit neatly into such a short space of time. And Cate Blanchett's voice is wonderful.

I actually didn't like what they did with the battle scene, as far as the Ring goes... there's something very subtle and insidious about the Ring's power and its connection to Sauron that I felt was destroyed by portraying it as a weapon of Mass Destruction. I'm pretty sure it's not described that way in the books... though I haven't read that part of FotR in a while, so I may be completely wrong.

Hmmm... maybe the Ring's ability to cause invisibility is in some way related to Sauron's influence, but wouldn't affect Sauron himself...?