Hec, I think we're waiting through the weekend. But don't quote me on that.
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
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.
smonster - Dec 23, 2003 7:53:19 am PST #743 of 3902
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Aims - Dec 23, 2003 7:56:26 am PST #744 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hec, he chocked up when Aragorn was walking to the elves and then Arwen looks out from behind the screen. He thought it would be Legolas. Cried like a baby he did.
Miracleman - Dec 23, 2003 7:56:32 am PST #745 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Nah, Hec. It was the charge of the Rohirrim at Pelennor Fields.
Not Theoden King's speech. Not the clanging of the sword against the spear and the whole rigamarole.
But somehow, when their charging down that hill towards the orcs and the music swells and all that...well, I got a little lump in my throat is all.
Stop looking at me.
Miracleman - Dec 23, 2003 7:57:03 am PST #746 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Aragorn was walking to the elves and then Arwen looks out from behind the screen. He thought it would be Legolas. Cried like a baby he did.
Did not! You cried. Ya crybaby.
tina f. - Dec 23, 2003 7:59:40 am PST #747 of 3902
Oh! If I had not read here that the Rohirrim are chanting "Death" as they attack the Fields I would not have heard it (I couldn't make it out the first time and only did the second time because I already knew.)
Dude. That is some heavy shit. It was perfect.
Sean K - Dec 23, 2003 8:01:16 am PST #748 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
New Line marketing chief Russell Schwartz said young girls have, in fact, become among the "most ardent supporters" of the "Rings" series, right up there with the hardcore Tolkien freaks.
Somebody needs to show that to Caryn James.
MovieHim fails to resist the ring's desire to subvert the mission of the ringbearer and plays on his daddy approval issues to get him to misuse his power and force the ringbearer a) from his path and b) to Gondor where it will cause the destruction of the last bulwark of men in the west. Can you imagine Denethor with the ring? Faramir knows in his gut the old man isn't right in the head.
Aaaah! But don't misunderstand me, JS. I know that if he sends the Ring to MT and Denethor, the mission of the ringbearer is over and Sauron has won.
What I am saying is that the reason Film!Faramir is ultimately able to release Frodo to return to his mission is because he does not take the Ring for himself.
Very important distinction in my mind. (Which is, of course, the one with all the correct thoughts...) ;)
Beverly - Dec 23, 2003 8:41:36 am PST #749 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I managed, on second viewing, to get by with only sniffles and no actual falling tears until Theoden says, "I know your face. Eowyn." Arrrgghh.
I was really upset by how still the theatre audience was. I wanted to cheer and clap and sniffle audibly--the other viewers were apparently carved from stone, although I did see some surreptitious tear-wiping. I'm planning on seeing it again this week or early next, alone or with a friend. DH won't be ready to see it his second time until after New Year's.
MechaKrelboyne - Dec 23, 2003 8:59:30 am PST #750 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
t sweeps out a corner, puts up 'Souless Freaks over here' sign.
I was moved by a lot of the common cry points, but went more for the grim nods of 'Hell, if it was easy, everyone would be doing it'. Pippen's song was bloody amazing.
I kept getting pulled out of things during the battle though. I got all charged up during the speech and such, and the first charge was gold, but when the Oliphaunts took the field and Theoden said 'Meet them head on' my Warhammer brain said 'Geez, Theoden-King, as plans go that's kinda long on the testicular fortitude, short on the tactical foresight.' Suffice to say that as a general in general, I think Theoden is more than a little suspect.
My favorite effect in the film is a draw between Aragorn's Big Dead Army. and The Witch King of Angmar. That guy was fearsome and a half.
One of my biggest worries about TT was that they wouldn't manage the thin line between Badass!Gimli and ComicRelief!Gimli, and I was glad when they did such a good job of it. Here, NSM.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2003 9:01:14 am PST #751 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One of my biggest worries about TT was that they wouldn't manage the thin line between Badass!Gimli and ComicRelief!Gimli, and I was glad when they did such a good job of it. Here, NSM.
Really? I liked him a lot better in this one. The short jokes at Helm's Deep bothered me way more than anything in RotK. In RotK, I felt I was to be laughing at his jokes, not at him.
Miracleman - Dec 23, 2003 9:03:17 am PST #752 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Okay, and I know that I'm gonna be in a minority here, but...
BadMofo!Legolas v. the Oliphaunt? Took me right out of the movie. I was "Oh, here's another CGI stunt for the damnable elf. yay."
The rest of it rocked.