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?"

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

Details, details...

That said, I love how--just after the Fellowship has been officially formed--Pippin cheerfully asks "where are we going?" The look on Merry's face in reaction to that line is just priceless.

Also, watching FotR after seeing RotK is absolutely heartbreaking. Even something as light as the "Concerning Hobbits" section is sad, since it brings home what Frodo and the others are fighting for and what Frodo will forever lose.

Pippin cheerfully asks "where are we going?"

I'm afraid I'll cry at everything he does now, in all movies. Poor button.

My brain keeps replaying the bit in the TTT EE where the apple lands on his head outside Isengard.

Woobie.