I enjoyed all of the trilogy on first viewing, but whenever I rewatch, Fellowship still stands as a great movie even though it's clear that it's a Part I and not freestanding. The Two Towers feels like a 4-hour movie that somehow manages to fit 87 hours into the middle half. And RotK just gags me with all the great white king and savior and destiny and Jesus Sue.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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amych - Jan 06, 2011 11:42:33 am PST #12705 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Consuela - Jan 06, 2011 11:58:12 am PST #12706 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I can forgive RoTK an awful lot for the beacons of Minas Tirith, and the charge of the Rohirrim.
Liese S. - Jan 06, 2011 1:35:16 pm PST #12707 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Eowyn!
smonster - Jan 06, 2011 1:58:19 pm PST #12708 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Liese is me. Although I'm still a little cranky about how they changed her speech in the movie.
Consuela - Jan 06, 2011 2:02:49 pm PST #12709 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Although I'm still a little cranky about how they changed her speech in the movie.
I'm still cranky about how they changed her character. I wanted the death-loving ice maiden, not someone unhappy and pining because she wouldn't get the guy. (I overstate, but not by much. I far preferred book!Eowyn's brittle despair.)
smonster - Jan 06, 2011 2:45:02 pm PST #12710 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Consuela, I completely agree.
Rayne - Jan 07, 2011 2:41:36 pm PST #12711 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Oh man. I just watched The Last Airbender and it was bad. So, so bad. I knew it was going to be really bad, but honestly didn't think it could be as horribly bad as it was. It felt like a bad SyFy movie. Just... ugh.
Tom Scola - Jan 07, 2011 2:44:17 pm PST #12712 of 30000
hwæt
(((Rayne)))
Consuela - Jan 07, 2011 2:45:42 pm PST #12713 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I knew it was going to be really bad, but honestly didn't think it could be as horribly bad as it was.
Rayne, if I were at home I would give you a link to a lovely ATLA vid to wash the taste of that travesty out of your mouth.
Juliebird - Jan 07, 2011 3:10:11 pm PST #12714 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
That's an insult to SyFy movies!