Interesting reactions from a non-reader: he assumed that Gimli was The Last Dwarf in Middle-Earth, due to the Moria scene. Also, he keeps asking me what happened to Solomon [sic] and Grima.
Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.
'Life of the Party'
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 30, 2003 4:04:33 am PST #971 of 3902
move out and draw fire
Jessica - Dec 30, 2003 4:15:37 am PST #972 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I ended up feeling like it was one big battle scene with the occasional cutaway to have Pippin make the point that War Sucks or because Oh Right, We Need A Frodo And Sam Update.
Totally my feelings, too, except I thought there were, in general, too many cutaways. TTT played out in big chunks of one story at a time, which I thought worked better than the "nope, not gonna let this scene end either" style he seemed to prefer in RotK.
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2003 4:17:00 am PST #973 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Oh frell, are we still white-fonting?
The movie's been out for well over a week. We don't need to whitefont.
MechaKrelboyne - Dec 30, 2003 7:12:00 am PST #974 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Yeah, non readers I've spoken to seem to assume that Treebeard pulled down Orthanc and killed Saruman. Maybe that's just the non attention payers.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2003 9:08:10 am PST #975 of 3902
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It particularly irks because Christopher Lee was a personal friend of Tolkein's, playing a very important figure in the story. I think Jackson should have at least kept the confrontation between Gandalf and Saruman at the ruins of Isengard, even if his final end was left off along with the rest of the Scouring.
Cindy - Dec 30, 2003 9:24:32 am PST #976 of 3902
Nobody
I think so too, Matt. When I first heard Lee making noises, before the movie aired, I thought he was being an ego case. I was shocked to realize he wasn't in the third film at all. I also think it took something away from the story.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2003 9:43:32 am PST #977 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When I first heard Lee making noises
I did read somewhere that the noises were out of proportion to his actual reaction, but I don't have the broadband to run and research.
I see why he got left out, and I think it sucks, but stuff happens.
Astarte - Dec 30, 2003 10:57:13 am PST #978 of 3902
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Into the West is playing on my CD right now.
It makes me melancholy and weepy with its beauty. IHAL.
That is all.
Sean K - Dec 30, 2003 10:59:22 am PST #979 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think I may have mentioned it here before, but they played "Into the West" while I was waiting for Last Samurai to start, and I got all weepy just sitting in the theater.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2003 11:03:09 am PST #980 of 3902
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
This might amuse those going back for a second (or more) viewing.
#'s 2 and 12 in particular struck me as funny.