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.
Kathy, thanks for the link to DVDVerdict...that was actually one of the better reviews I've read of the ROTK:EE. I've bookmarked them to check for other DVDs, since they discuss both the technical aspects of the format and the more artistic aspects of the content.
We've been inviting people over to watch the trilogy as a way to christen our new TV, and so far of the Americans at the embassy, only one has seen one of the movies (and she saw ROTK. Didn't like it, unsurprisingly). Several Greeks have seen them, but aren't that into them. One of the Greeks said to us, "You know there are only 8 fans of fantasy or sci-fi in the country."
I'm still boggled about why someone would go to ROTK without having seen the first two.
I see a 2005 release date, but was this really filmed
after
LotR? I don't like JRD, but I'd have thought he could find better work.
Heh, I saw an ad for that. all I could think was "JRD will do
anything
." Except I didn't think in initials.
I'm still boggled about why someone would go to ROTK without having seen the first two.
When I was waiting in line for Trilogy Tuesday last year, there was a girl in line behind us who hadn't seen any of the movies. Her boyfriend was a huge fan, so as a labor of love, she was accompanying him to the theatre to sit through twelve hours of LOTR. She was pretty excited, actually, but I couldn't help wondering how thrilled she'd be by the end of the day.
When I was waiting in line for Trilogy Tuesday last year, there was a girl in line behind us who hadn't seen any of the movies. Her boyfriend was a huge fan, so as a labor of love, she was accompanying him to the theatre to sit through twelve hours of LOTR. She was pretty excited, actually, but I couldn't help wondering how thrilled she'd be by the end of the day.
Trilogy Tuesday was the best. thing. ever. Our passes were laminated and hung on a lanyard. I still have it hanging in my bedroom.
eta: I really should proof before I post.
My Trilogy Tuesday pass is hanging next to my computer, and my giftee is sitting on top of my digital cable box, next to the mini-Minas Tirith that came with the RotKEE boxed set.
Oh my, I suddenly realized that I don't know where my laminants are! They need to go next to the DVDs and Minas Tirith and Smeagol. I'm keeping the film cell things in their boxes until I can backlight them.
I can't really tell what the first film cell is. I'm thinking it might be one of the scale doubles without his wig. The scene might be when Gandalf hands his staff and hat to Bilbo in Bag End, but I'm not sure.
I keep mine at work along with my Trilogy Day-by-Day calendar.
At work I have a map of Middle Earth on the back of my office door. I'm considering a calendar, but that'll probably live at home, where I can drool in privacy.
StY's film cells were reversed. He's keeping it, greedily speculating it'll be worth money someday, like those stamps that were accidentally printed upside down that are worth a fortune today.
I have Elrond at the battle in the prologue, Arwen in her widow's weeds, and Gandalf on the balcony at Minas Tirith. You can just see Pippin in bed. Billy talks about that in the commentary.
I still have to send off for the rebate, and I'm struggling with whether or not I want to order Minas Morgul. I'm also cruising for a set of the Argonath on ebay. I have the calendar page of Boromir with the horn of Gondor that Jessica sent me framed and on the wall in my office. And my screensaver cycles pictures from my hard drive every 20 seconds--nearly half of them are LotR caps and stills.
