There's this new film out. Anybody heard anything about it?
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
DXMachina - Dec 17, 2003 2:08:06 am PST #1 of 3902
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2003 2:09:17 am PST #2 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He's so pretty, I could cry.
Nilly - Dec 17, 2003 2:56:18 am PST #3 of 3902
Swouncing
I just couldn't leave the poor thread so deserted after it was opened.
On topic: my baby brother won't get to watch RotK before his leave from the army is over. He wanted to, so much, but he's one day too short, and he doesn't know yet when is his next free weekend, so he doesn't know when he's going to get to see it.
tina f. - Dec 17, 2003 2:56:26 am PST #4 of 3902
There was just so much to see that my mind didn't absorb everything.
This is me.
It is 6:55 - I am at work - the movie finished at 4:00. I went home and tried to go to bed but I could.not.sleep.
I've had the flu for the past three days so I was majorly hopped up on meds for the movie. Didn't help that PJ made me CRY MY EYES OUT. I loved it but I can't wait to see it again on Friday mostly because my crowd SUCKED. It was movie theater employees and the girl I was with wasn't into it and nobody cried or cheered or clapped - or stayed for the credits! People who don't obsess puzzle me.
If I wasn't crying I had chills. Or my mouth was hanging open. I can't decide who made me cry harder - Billy Boyd or Sean Astin. They were both amazing. And I didn't think it was possible for New Zealand to be any more breath taking than it was in the first two movies, but it was. I had issues - but I can't seem to remember most of them now.
It's still dark out and I'm at work. This is just strange.
eta: a tiny bit of spoiler font that is probably unnecessary anyway
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2003 3:27:54 am PST #5 of 3902
brillig
posting from the hospital, waiting for Hubby to go in to surgery. Net connection in the lobby, why not?
Wonderfully glorious, but I can see the choppiness. I wonder if I'd feel the same way if I didn't know the books and I wasn't waiting for all my favorite bits. So much stuff got left out, esp. re: how characters wind up. Eowyn was wonderful, her moments were such a revelation to me when I first read the books in my teens, such a "Wow, girls can kick ass too!"
Still hate Arwen. Maybe if they hadn't had breathless-baby-doll-coo Liv Tyler playing her. She's not even that pretty. Well, maybe she's pretty and I just hate her.
And I am a cradle-robbing evil person, because I kept staring at Elijah Wood's belly-button and thinking "Play! Play with pretty pretty boy!" Damn damn damn, that's one gorgeous bit of male person. The whole last push up the mountain, gosh. And Sam was as wonderful as I'd hoped.
Will have more coherence after I've slept. And hopefully I can see it again soon, now that I know the Arwen scenes--er, bathroom breaks.
Jessica - Dec 17, 2003 3:46:04 am PST #6 of 3902
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
He's so pretty, I could cry.
When Legolas walked into Frodo's sick-room at the end, there was an audible gasp from the entire crowd. It was lovely.
3 hours of sleep is not enough. I want more.
amych - Dec 17, 2003 4:26:24 am PST #7 of 3902
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(so not getting any work done today)
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2003 4:50:56 am PST #8 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jess, that earned a cheer from our crowd last night. There were some smaller cheers before and after it, but there was the most awe in that one.
I liked the crowd vibe, except it was intensely irritating to have to hear people's irritation with the length of the movie. Problem's kinda inherent to the books, and as was pointed out in the previous thread, they left at least one ending out anyway.
I wish it hadn't been that long, but I don't think there was enough to lose, and so much was missing!
Billy Boyd and Miranda Otto definitely made me cry, both times, but thankfully less the second time. I appreciate what an incredible job Sean Astin did, but they weren't my issues.
I also fell quite in love with Theoden, I realised. I'm not sure when that happened.
Legolas? Still the prettiest, still mine.
Volans - Dec 17, 2003 4:55:51 am PST #9 of 3902
move out and draw fire
I too have issues, again mostly with the writing and the choices of what to show and what not to show. But day-um! My eyebrows climbed into my hairline at the muster of Rohan, and didn't come back down.
Our crowd was great, as you'd expect from people who'd fought for Triology Tuesday tix and stood in line for hours in costume. Legolas had several iconic moments, and they were all met with roof-raising cheers. Towards the end, the theater was filled with sniffing and gasping as everyone quietly sobbed.
There won't be another sequel, Pip.
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2003 5:14:19 am PST #10 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All in all, PJ didn't do all things the way I'd have wanted, but ... that's very much back seat driving on my part -- it's not like I have a license.
I respect his attitude towards the books, even where it diverges from mine, because his love and intelligence and passion were so evident. I wish for bending of time rules to have fitted more in, for some magic way to seamlessly transcend the difference between book and movie.
But if it had all been up to me, the screenplays would have sucked.
Question: Was PJ in this? We spotted his kids twice, but not him.