Link? I've always been an Imrahil fan. He's possibly more of a Golden Boy than Faramir in the books.

Captain, My Captain by Isabeau of Greenlea has one of the best Imrahils I've read. It's a saga (53 chapters!), and starts out very Faramir-centric with an original female character who's not a Mary-Sue but who manages to get herself involved with just about every minor character (and a few major ones) from RotK. The writer does an excellent job of inserting this original story in and around the events after Frodo and Sam leave the Rangers in Ithilien all the way through and succeeding Arwen and Aragorn's wedding. Imrahil shows up pretty quickly and becomes a major character in the fic after a few chapters. Her Faramir and Elrohir are also well-written, and I like the way she shows Aragorn's discomfort with his new role as King.

Is Imrahil, Faramir and Boromir's uncle?

Because, wasn't their mother from Dol Amroth?

(And doesn't this mean that Eomer and Eowyn marry cousins?)

Otherwise -- I've been EXTREMELY lucky with the audiences that I've seen the movie with -- no weirdness or wrongness or rudeness. And I've seen it 4 times now.

BTW, don't bother with IMAX, the shape of the IMAX screen messes up the lighting and the color of the movie. (Possibly everyone already knew that it would do that.)

Oh, and I got the RotK soundtrack for Christmas.

Are there EE soundtrack albums?

It's nice to know someone else is doing this. I've been freeze-framing anything with a decent shot of the Elven cloaks, trying to figure out the sett. My loom needs a workout, and I've already been thinking of what fibers to blend for best effect.

Would this help? White Tree

Is Imrahil, Faramir and Boromir's uncle?

Yes.

Because, wasn't their mother from Dol Amroth?

Yes (Finduilas was Imrahil's sister).

(And doesn't this mean that Eomer and Eowyn marry cousins?)

And, wait for it...yes!

BTW, don't bother with IMAX, the shape of the IMAX screen messes up the lighting and the color of the movie. (Possibly everyone already knew that it would do that.)

Thanks for the advice, because I was thinking about tracking down an IMAX showing for my next viewing, which I think will be a few weeks away, at least.

I've been watching my TTTEE, and Sam's big speech at the end is really touching me now, more so than a year ago, especially the part about "how could things go back to the way they were, when so much bad had happened?" Pair that up with Frodo's quote that's my current tagline ("How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand: there is no going back. There is some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep. That have taken hold."), and we see that while "the sun shines out the clearer," things can never go back.

Err, Anne, I'm sure that there may be copyright issues, but I can't see as how if you were to make some cloaks for friends and they chose to send you bits of paper as recompense that it could be in anyway wrong.

Hmm. Yes. I wholeheartedly concur. I've been jonesing for an elven cloak (except one that crosses over at the neckline like the hobbit cloaks did) since the moment they hit the screen in FotR.

I believe one of the fan sites offers the actual fabric of the elven cloaks, using the same wool from the particular breed of NZ sheep, woven on the same looms as the fabric used in the films. They sell it as a "commemorative" swatch, or, as one woman at Trilogy Tuesday was wearing, a scarf or muffler. I have seen a closeup photo of the fabric, as well. I'll google and post it if I can find it.

Cutting a complete quarter circle, put together with a single seam at the center back, uses much more fabric than a simple length gathered at the neck. But it lies much flatter at the shoulder, puts the selvedge as the front edges of the garment, rather than hemmed front edges, and the garment drapes better and flares at the hem much better if it's cut quarter-circle. Heh. Not that I've noticed how the cloaks were made, or anything.

I saw the movie earlier this week and loved it. Can't decide if I like it better than FotR or not. I still put TTT at 3rd of the 3. I loved the battle scenes in RotK, especially hurling pieces of the city at each other.

I haven't frequented the LotR threads before, but why is it that elves never ever seem to get even the smallest bit of dirty while the rest of the lot gets dirty as fuck?

To me, seeing Aragorn washed up just isnt as cool as when he is all gritty and dirty.

Also, Sam is my favoritest character in a movie of all time.

I believe one of the fan sites offers the actual fabric of the elven cloaks, using the same wool from the particular breed of NZ sheep, woven on the same looms as the fabric used in the films. They sell it as a "commemorative" swatch, or, as one woman at Trilogy Tuesday was wearing, a scarf or muffler. I have seen a closeup photo of the fabric, as well. I'll google and post it if I can find it.

Ooh! That would be most helpful.

One of my problems with the cloaks as pictured in the movie was that they looked as itchy as all get out. Somehow, I don't see the Elves as Lothlorien as being into itch as a fashion statement.

why is it that elves never ever seem to get even the smallest bit of dirty

In the words of a 10yo friend who is coming to the story for the first time: "Ooo! Everything about the elves is kind of magic, isn't it?!?"

Of course, I should also mention that at the end of FotR, she asked, "Why is Frodo going to Mordor?"