That's great.

Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the MTV Movie awards won Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

"And, Peter Jackson? Who do you think you are, you fuckin' HACK!"

Hee.

"Dobby likes us."

And, of course, the extreme meta-ness that is "Piss off, Serkis."

As I was walking home tomorrow I was thinking how amusing the FotR actors commentary is. . . it must be time to watch that again.

I've been doing a rewatch of FotR with production and post- commentary.

I'd forgotten (or never noticed) that Gimli and the hobbits are the correct relative sizes to each other. How cute. Also, odd.

Yes, the hobbit actors are tiny.

I went to see the LOTR symphony yesterday in Hartford, which was so much fun. I hadn't listened to the soundtracks in a few months, so I loved hearing all my favorite bits, like the Ents storming Isengard, and the first iteration of the Rohan theme; I think it's track 3 on the TTT soundtrack, although now I can't recall exactly what scene it's in, but it's so noble and triumphant, as opposed to the melancholic feeling it takes on later. Oh, and I'd forgotten what a beautiful piece of music that is for Aragorn's coronation, the song that he sings as the newly-crowned king. And "Into the West" still makes me cry, just a little bit.

Unfortunately, the boy soloist who sang that high, keening lament just after Gandalf falls into the abyss of Khazad-Dum was really terrible. Solidly off-key, couldn't hold the note, barely even keeping correct time. I felt bad for him, because that must be so embarrassing, and he's in seventh grade, so I'm sure his voice is changing, but--this is a professional orchestra! I was honestly shocked that they couldn't find someone better. Anyway, not to rag on the poor kid, but it was really painful to listen to.

Otherwise, it was a very enjoyable afternoon. There were a number of women wearing Evenstar pendants, and a few women who were dressed in long, flowy, Arwen-style dresses. It was kind of nice to not be the geekiest one in the crowd, for a change!

Unfortunately, the boy soloist who sang that high, keening lament just after Gandalf falls into the abyss of Khazad-Dum was really terrible. Solidly off-key, couldn't hold the note, barely even keeping correct time.

That's a shame. It's just on this side of fiendishly difficult, but if they couldn't find a kid who could do it, they should have had Sissel do it or something.

My friend in the chorus said he was better in rehearsals, which makes sense--he probably overtaxed his voice, especially since it is a difficult piece, and by the time the actual concerts rolled around, he just couldn't do it. He did better on the "In Dreams" solo, but still not great.