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.
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.
When Arwen saw
the 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.
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.
I know the Golden Globes are considered somewhat of a joke but WTF is up with no acting and no screenplay nominations for RotK?
Won't have a chance to see it before Saturday (so I appreciate all the white-fonting). I assume it will still playing then?
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!
I don't think they consider promos spoilage. They may consider them appetite whetters, in which case -- way to torture your audience.
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.
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.
Another TTT preview scene that was in RotK was The helicopter shot of Eowyn standing alone on the near corner of Meduseld wearing a white dress and black vest/bodice/thingy.
I'm trying to arrange to see it again with DH late Friday morning. If he can't manage it, I'll have to go alone. I have to see it again--soon.
