I don't get it either. But I figure the pretty scenery kept them happy.
Sunnydale's got too many demons and not enough retail outlets.
Glory ,'Potential'
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.
Volans - Dec 18, 2003 2:43:56 am PST #157 of 3902
move out and draw fire
Jessica - Dec 18, 2003 3:35:04 am PST #158 of 3902
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Who else didn't need a wig?
PJ's daughter, when she was a Cute Hobbit Child.
Of course, I've also been lukewarm on Viggo too. Fan heresy, I know, and I don't know how much of it is the writing and directing choices for Aragorn and how much is Viggo. Coz dammit, Aragorn wasn't dodging his destiny! He'd spent his life preparing.
Oh, word word WORD. DH mentioned after we saw it the second time that a big non-book thing missing from this movie is Aragorn's "superhero moment" where he decides to become King. It was almost there in the Paths of the Dead, but we cut away before the climax. And as a result, Aragron spends too much of the movie looking worried and confused for me to really buy him as King at the end. Also, he looked really uncomfortable in his robes/armor.
Kathy A - Dec 18, 2003 4:02:25 am PST #159 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
When Arwen sawthe kid run across her path, I thought she was remembering Aragorn's arrival at Rivendell. But I guess they didn't want to get into THAT.
Technically, she didn't meet Aragorn until he was in his early 20s--she was in Lothlorien until then.
Kate P. - Dec 18, 2003 5:08:32 am PST #160 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just remembered that the shot from the trailer of Eomer cradling someone (presumably Eowyn, or Theoden) on the battlefield and howling with grief wasn't in the movie. There was very little Eomer at all in the movie, which is sad. But at least that scene must show up on the EE DVD.
tina f. - Dec 18, 2003 5:20:19 am PST #161 of 3902
I know the Golden Globes are considered somewhat of a joke but WTF is up with no acting and no screenplay nominations for RotK?
ted r - Dec 18, 2003 5:21:15 am PST #162 of 3902
"You got twelve, and they got twelve. The old ladies are just as good as you are." -Dr. Einstein
Won't have a chance to see it before Saturday (so I appreciate all the white-fonting). I assume it will still playing then?
Nutty - Dec 18, 2003 5:22:45 am PST #163 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Yeah, it's sort of weird, having seen all the promo footage, and knowing stuff that hasn't shown up "yet". There were scenes in the TTT previews that didn't turn up till the theatrical ROTK, which was sort of wiggy. Like, people, way to spoil your own movies, more than a year in advance!
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2003 5:23:38 am PST #164 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think they consider promos spoilage. They may consider them appetite whetters, in which case -- way to torture your audience.
Kate P. - Dec 18, 2003 5:25:24 am PST #165 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
There were scenes in the TTT previews that didn't turn up till the theatrical ROTK, which was sort of wiggy.
Like the shot of Arwen lying on the bed with the leaves drifting over her, presumably dying? That's the only one I can think of. Someone behind me in line at Trilogy Tuesday said that shot was also in a trailer for FOTR but I don't recall it.
Nutty - Dec 18, 2003 5:29:56 am PST #166 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Right. Also where she comes running up the stairs and just drops her long coat behind her. Further proof that the elves all wear wrinkle-free polyester.
I think there was one other item I remembered from the TTT promos, but I've spaced what it was.
You know, you notice how the FYC ad for ROTK, with Frodo and Sam, was from the climbing Mt. Doom scene? I had thought it was Frodo lying "dead" in Cirith Ungol, and was sort of surprised when he got the spiderweb body gove treatment.