Hobbits never say die.
Dec. 24th, 2003 03:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolfpangsWell, my sister and I went to see ROTK last night. It was glorious, as expected.
Eowyn defending a dying Theoden. Her line was totally predictable, but awesome just the same.
I didn't read the books, so I was hoping that the ring would be destroyed and Smeagol would return to his true self. Like, the destruction of the ring would make right what was wrong. What do you want from me? I grew up watching Quantum Leap.
Bowing before the hobbits. How could anyone with a heart not cry?
I started rubbing my eyes and my stupid waterproof mascara got in my eyes, causing them to water more. Then, there was like, a cavalcade of scenes that were too goddamned bright, which combined with the tears in my eyes created a prismatic effect and gah, I'm now blind.
The eagles? Huh?
That one orc in conjunction with Sean Astin's part in the movie is totally a Goonies shoutout. I had to refrain from saying "Baby? Baby? Rooth!" every time he was onscreen.
The army of the dead looked way better than the feckin' pirates in POTC.
Why must every scene in which Sam and Frodo look at each other seem like it's going to culminate in making out?
The gay pajama party at the end looked like a clip from my new favorite sitcom, A Hard Hobbit to Break.
It was touching when Legolas and Aragorn got married. Yeah, try to tell me that's not what happened.
When Bilbo reappeared in ending #3546, I kept thinking, He knows how toast works!
Oddly, Shelob bothered me more than it did my spider-fearing sister.
I like this bit by Caliban over at FT about what the average citizen of Minas Tirith must have thought:
"Okay, so the garrison at Osgiliath gets beaten back, then they charge out again and get slaughtered almost to a man. Orcs attack, Lord Denethor gets beaten up by an old geezer in white, Denethor dies a mysterious and painful death and the orcs are beaten back by horsemen and ghosts. The old geezer then crowns some guy we've never seen before -- this king dude then sings a little song, then starts snogging some chick in the crowd, then we all bow down to four midgets. Jesus, that was a weird day."
Hee.
Eowyn defending a dying Theoden. Her line was totally predictable, but awesome just the same.
I didn't read the books, so I was hoping that the ring would be destroyed and Smeagol would return to his true self. Like, the destruction of the ring would make right what was wrong. What do you want from me? I grew up watching Quantum Leap.
Bowing before the hobbits. How could anyone with a heart not cry?
I started rubbing my eyes and my stupid waterproof mascara got in my eyes, causing them to water more. Then, there was like, a cavalcade of scenes that were too goddamned bright, which combined with the tears in my eyes created a prismatic effect and gah, I'm now blind.
The eagles? Huh?
That one orc in conjunction with Sean Astin's part in the movie is totally a Goonies shoutout. I had to refrain from saying "Baby? Baby? Rooth!" every time he was onscreen.
The army of the dead looked way better than the feckin' pirates in POTC.
Why must every scene in which Sam and Frodo look at each other seem like it's going to culminate in making out?
The gay pajama party at the end looked like a clip from my new favorite sitcom, A Hard Hobbit to Break.
It was touching when Legolas and Aragorn got married. Yeah, try to tell me that's not what happened.
When Bilbo reappeared in ending #3546, I kept thinking, He knows how toast works!
Oddly, Shelob bothered me more than it did my spider-fearing sister.
I like this bit by Caliban over at FT about what the average citizen of Minas Tirith must have thought:
"Okay, so the garrison at Osgiliath gets beaten back, then they charge out again and get slaughtered almost to a man. Orcs attack, Lord Denethor gets beaten up by an old geezer in white, Denethor dies a mysterious and painful death and the orcs are beaten back by horsemen and ghosts. The old geezer then crowns some guy we've never seen before -- this king dude then sings a little song, then starts snogging some chick in the crowd, then we all bow down to four midgets. Jesus, that was a weird day."
Hee.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2003-12-24 10:14 pm (UTC)Dude! That is what happened! And I'm sticking to that story because, dude, it was right there. Aragorn walks down the steps, people bow, the wedding music reaches a crescendo, the crowd parts and...Legolas. And I squeed.
I had to refrain from saying "Baby? Baby? Rooth!" every time he was onscreen.
BWAH!
no subject
Date: 2003-12-24 10:34 pm (UTC)