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Dec. 17th, 2003 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
onemuseleftAll right, now that I'm rested and coherent... (although five hours of sleep probably doens't count a lot towards either of those things)
Thoughts on RotK.
1) Pippin broke my heart. Seriously. The goodbye between him and Merry in Edoras, the way he turned to Gandalf for comfort, his dismay and confusion when dealing with Denethor, and his loyalty to Faramir; they were all beautifully acted. And painful to watch at times. I cried when he and Merry were seperated, and I cried when they found each other again. His song for Denethor had me in tears, and the scene where he and Gandalf talk about dying was beautiful.
2) I was waiting for Eowyn to kick ass, and she did not let me down. I loved Eowyn through the whole thing. I just wish we'd been able to see more of her and Faramir. I really like how they portrayed Eowyn, and her loneliness, and her need for a person in her life who would act instead of stand still and take it. Half of her feelings for Aragorn, I think, were that he came and shook things up a bit, kicked the King out of his stupor and brough Rohan back to life a little.
3) So... Arwen's dying, huh? Okay. Made things a little more dramatic for Liv, I guess. Added a nice touch of despair to some of Viggo's moments. I'm still not sure how they made the connection between the Evenstar and the Ring like that, and why they didn't follow up on it a little more. I just ignored that part and chalked it up to her becoming mortal, and having her first cold.
4) God, Samwise Gamgee is the coolest Hobbit to ever walk the face of the Earth. Sean played him beautifully. And when he fought Shelob, people in the back of the theatre stood on their chairs and cheered.
5) I spent the entire movie muttering "Gollum's going to Hell," every time he tried to turn Frodo against Sam. Little bastard. And when Frodo sent Sam away... *winces in memory* Talk about painful to watch. That was... what? The third time I started crying?
6) Poor Faramir.
7) The fade-outs at the end really started to get on my nerves, but they worked.
8) The scene at the ship! *bawls*
9) Elijah is a good actor. There's no doubt about it or any way of denying it. It was so easy to forget he was playing a role and actually believe in this little Hobbit, who was in so much pain, even years after it was all over. I don't know that I believe anyone else could have done it.
and the tenth item, just because:
10) Hobbits bow to no one. And they never, ever should.
I can't afford to go see it again anytime soon, but that won't stop me from trying. I've decided I need to read the books again. The first time I read them I sort of cheated *coughs* and the second time I just wanted them read so I missed a lot. I have to admit that Tolkien is not my favorite writer, I tend to have to struggle onward through them, and to keep from losing interest. I also get distracted very, very easily. But I'm going to anyway.
*nods*
Especially since I have three different copies of Fellowship floating around here. I'm not sure how - I think two of them were gifts. Anyway.
I have to add, that this was the best movie experience I have ever had. Someone's always talking or soemthing, but the entire crowd was so into it that no one got on my nerves. Even the people in cosplay were well-behaved. ^_^ Everyone cheered, and clapped and laughed and it was great.
Okay, now I'm going to go find someone to giggle over the Hobbits with.
Thoughts on RotK.
1) Pippin broke my heart. Seriously. The goodbye between him and Merry in Edoras, the way he turned to Gandalf for comfort, his dismay and confusion when dealing with Denethor, and his loyalty to Faramir; they were all beautifully acted. And painful to watch at times. I cried when he and Merry were seperated, and I cried when they found each other again. His song for Denethor had me in tears, and the scene where he and Gandalf talk about dying was beautiful.
2) I was waiting for Eowyn to kick ass, and she did not let me down. I loved Eowyn through the whole thing. I just wish we'd been able to see more of her and Faramir. I really like how they portrayed Eowyn, and her loneliness, and her need for a person in her life who would act instead of stand still and take it. Half of her feelings for Aragorn, I think, were that he came and shook things up a bit, kicked the King out of his stupor and brough Rohan back to life a little.
3) So... Arwen's dying, huh? Okay. Made things a little more dramatic for Liv, I guess. Added a nice touch of despair to some of Viggo's moments. I'm still not sure how they made the connection between the Evenstar and the Ring like that, and why they didn't follow up on it a little more. I just ignored that part and chalked it up to her becoming mortal, and having her first cold.
4) God, Samwise Gamgee is the coolest Hobbit to ever walk the face of the Earth. Sean played him beautifully. And when he fought Shelob, people in the back of the theatre stood on their chairs and cheered.
5) I spent the entire movie muttering "Gollum's going to Hell," every time he tried to turn Frodo against Sam. Little bastard. And when Frodo sent Sam away... *winces in memory* Talk about painful to watch. That was... what? The third time I started crying?
6) Poor Faramir.
7) The fade-outs at the end really started to get on my nerves, but they worked.
8) The scene at the ship! *bawls*
9) Elijah is a good actor. There's no doubt about it or any way of denying it. It was so easy to forget he was playing a role and actually believe in this little Hobbit, who was in so much pain, even years after it was all over. I don't know that I believe anyone else could have done it.
and the tenth item, just because:
10) Hobbits bow to no one. And they never, ever should.
I can't afford to go see it again anytime soon, but that won't stop me from trying. I've decided I need to read the books again. The first time I read them I sort of cheated *coughs* and the second time I just wanted them read so I missed a lot. I have to admit that Tolkien is not my favorite writer, I tend to have to struggle onward through them, and to keep from losing interest. I also get distracted very, very easily. But I'm going to anyway.
*nods*
Especially since I have three different copies of Fellowship floating around here. I'm not sure how - I think two of them were gifts. Anyway.
I have to add, that this was the best movie experience I have ever had. Someone's always talking or soemthing, but the entire crowd was so into it that no one got on my nerves. Even the people in cosplay were well-behaved. ^_^ Everyone cheered, and clapped and laughed and it was great.
Okay, now I'm going to go find someone to giggle over the Hobbits with.
