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ithikaThis is a leetle late now, but bear with me.
That was, undeniably, the best movie in all of cinema history.
It was just so... emotive and brilliantly acted and, damn well deserving of oscars.
Ah, that wasn't anywhere near as long as it's meant to be. more later.
Allrighty. I'm back!
I'm changing the date of this entry, because I can. Ha!
Allright.
The Lord of the Rings day, 2003
I woke up at some insane and ungodly hour, 6am, and then started getting ready.
There wasn't really much "getting ready" to do, all I had to do was put my costume on, put the standard/banner/flag together and "eat breakfast" [I was too excited - it ended up going cold and not being eaten] and then it was **finally** time to go.
By the time I got to the cinema, I'm fairly sure I was gibbering. But no matter.
So we started the cue, and it was all good, and then we finally got in the cinema.. an hour early O.o
There was this guy in front of us with a Gandalf the Grey staff type thing. Fairly cool.
We saved seats for peoples that hadn't arrived yet, and they all got there in time, *phew*
And then, the movie started.
It's in a cut, mainly because I expect it to be long.
::warning:: this reveiw, I've realised, contains the words "I really liked" alot, mainly because I adored every second of this film. I could rephrase it, but I'm too lazy/tired
:D
Smeagol and Deagol were great. [*cough*Deagol is such a hillbilly*cough*] that scene was very sad though... poor Smeagol was corrupted instantly by the ring... I liked the time-passing scene as well, and how, more than before they showed the Gollum side of his personality being a sickness... and a painful one at that.
In the next scene.. I'm not sure why, but I really liked the line "it's not mid-day yet. something something, the days are growing darker". *nods* Liked it alot.
The Merry and Pippin on the walls of Isengard was quite cool as well, though I wish it had been longer, I'm not sure, but I think it was 3 or so pages in the book, iwth lots of amusing banter. When Merry says "...taken up management in Isengard", and an Ent makes an Ent-noise in the background, I thought that was really dramatic *grin*
The Palantir in the water looked really cool, too. I was so glad that they included Pippin and the Palantir, I was worried they'd taken it out, so I'm happy.
At Edoras, I liked how they took the effort to put in the mini scene with Aragorn and Legolas, looking out towards Mordor. another scene I liked for no apparant reason, and I loved the line "The stars are veiled"
Ah, I was so happy when they went to the trouble of making Gandalf sleep with his eyes open *silly little dance of fandom*.
Minas Tirith
I really, really like how Minas Tirith looked. I never really had a detailed, full idea of what the whole city would look like, just the main wall, and in the streets and throne room and stuff.. it looked magnificent, and I thought it was brilliantly done.
Which brings me to Grond. Not really, but I just have to rant a little.
AH! GROND WAS SO COOL!
[/rant on Grond] and I'll continue with that later.
I'm running out of time, so I'll just go over my favourite parts.
The Witch King of Angmar and Minas Morgul, the Dead City.
3 words : Oh my God.
When the Witch King came out, with that big thing of light... evil light, mind you, with all the screaming and wailing, and the brilliantly scary music, that was just about the coolest moment in a long time. He was so delightfully awesome. Ah, so cool. And I'm glad that he had the effect on people that he should have, which is blind terror. Ooh, so cool.
Mustering of the Rohirrim
I love the Rohirrim. Enough said.
The Paths of the Dead
Point: To make Aragorn jumpy, it must be soul rendingly terrifying, I kid you not. I really liked the appearance of the armies of the dead, how you could see all layers at once, that is, skeleton, muscle and [rotting] flesh. The... I think he was King of the dead army, he was awesome. Ah.
And when he was all "Hah, you're stupid, only the King of Gondor tells me what to do, and you're not... damn."
Anduril is so cool. On that note, so is Elrond.
Pelannor Fields:
Best battle scene ever, bar none, in my opinion. Words do not describe. Go see the movie, for crying out loud.
The charge of the Rohirrim was an amazing, breathtaking moment. Absolutely spectacular.
The seige weapons of Minas Tirith were also super-cool. As were the Nazgul.
Ooh, ooh, the Witch King of Angmar!
Poor Theoden. And Snowmane.
I would have liked the battle between Eowyn [Dernhelm.. Dernholm?] to have been longer, but in all fairness, if it'd gone on longer, she probably would have been slain, despite Merry's help. [Which would have been bad]
Which brings me back to Grond. I was worried they'd somehow claim to breach the gates of Minas Tirith with some random battering ram, but they included Grond, which was cool. Grond! Grond! Grond! Did you notice that's what everything sounded like when it was on screen. Yes, it did.
Shelob
Shelob was brilliant, it's just a shame I'm not scared of spiders. But she was excellent. I loved how Galadriel helped Frodo to his feet, too.
Ah! And Grishnak was there, Grishnak and that other Orc who's name I've forgotten. Heheheh. Mordor Orcs, who think they're cooler because they're under direct orders straight from Sauron, and Minas Morgul Orcs who think they're cool... because.. they have the Witch King...? Yess.
But anyway. I assumed the Orc with the blue line on his face was Grishnak.
[TORN informs me that he's Gorbag. ]
he was cool, as far as an Orc can be cool.
Poor Sam. Poor poor Sam. :(
Gollum! Ah! So evil! So Tricksy and false!
:ahem:
Faramir: Faramir was like he was sposed to be... a little.. in this movie, which is good. Ah, Faramir. he was one of my fave characters..
A little dissapointed that the Mouth of Sauron didn't turn up, but he'll be in EE.
That's fairlymuch all for now, although I have alot more to say.
That was, undeniably, the best movie in all of cinema history.
It was just so... emotive and brilliantly acted and, damn well deserving of oscars.
Ah, that wasn't anywhere near as long as it's meant to be. more later.
Allrighty. I'm back!
I'm changing the date of this entry, because I can. Ha!
Allright.
The Lord of the Rings day, 2003
I woke up at some insane and ungodly hour, 6am, and then started getting ready.
There wasn't really much "getting ready" to do, all I had to do was put my costume on, put the standard/banner/flag together and "eat breakfast" [I was too excited - it ended up going cold and not being eaten] and then it was **finally** time to go.
By the time I got to the cinema, I'm fairly sure I was gibbering. But no matter.
So we started the cue, and it was all good, and then we finally got in the cinema.. an hour early O.o
There was this guy in front of us with a Gandalf the Grey staff type thing. Fairly cool.
We saved seats for peoples that hadn't arrived yet, and they all got there in time, *phew*
And then, the movie started.
It's in a cut, mainly because I expect it to be long.
::warning:: this reveiw, I've realised, contains the words "I really liked" alot, mainly because I adored every second of this film. I could rephrase it, but I'm too lazy/tired
:D
Smeagol and Deagol were great. [*cough*Deagol is such a hillbilly*cough*] that scene was very sad though... poor Smeagol was corrupted instantly by the ring... I liked the time-passing scene as well, and how, more than before they showed the Gollum side of his personality being a sickness... and a painful one at that.
In the next scene.. I'm not sure why, but I really liked the line "it's not mid-day yet. something something, the days are growing darker". *nods* Liked it alot.
The Merry and Pippin on the walls of Isengard was quite cool as well, though I wish it had been longer, I'm not sure, but I think it was 3 or so pages in the book, iwth lots of amusing banter. When Merry says "...taken up management in Isengard", and an Ent makes an Ent-noise in the background, I thought that was really dramatic *grin*
The Palantir in the water looked really cool, too. I was so glad that they included Pippin and the Palantir, I was worried they'd taken it out, so I'm happy.
At Edoras, I liked how they took the effort to put in the mini scene with Aragorn and Legolas, looking out towards Mordor. another scene I liked for no apparant reason, and I loved the line "The stars are veiled"
Ah, I was so happy when they went to the trouble of making Gandalf sleep with his eyes open *silly little dance of fandom*.
Minas Tirith
I really, really like how Minas Tirith looked. I never really had a detailed, full idea of what the whole city would look like, just the main wall, and in the streets and throne room and stuff.. it looked magnificent, and I thought it was brilliantly done.
Which brings me to Grond. Not really, but I just have to rant a little.
AH! GROND WAS SO COOL!
[/rant on Grond] and I'll continue with that later.
I'm running out of time, so I'll just go over my favourite parts.
The Witch King of Angmar and Minas Morgul, the Dead City.
3 words : Oh my God.
When the Witch King came out, with that big thing of light... evil light, mind you, with all the screaming and wailing, and the brilliantly scary music, that was just about the coolest moment in a long time. He was so delightfully awesome. Ah, so cool. And I'm glad that he had the effect on people that he should have, which is blind terror. Ooh, so cool.
Mustering of the Rohirrim
I love the Rohirrim. Enough said.
The Paths of the Dead
Point: To make Aragorn jumpy, it must be soul rendingly terrifying, I kid you not. I really liked the appearance of the armies of the dead, how you could see all layers at once, that is, skeleton, muscle and [rotting] flesh. The... I think he was King of the dead army, he was awesome. Ah.
And when he was all "Hah, you're stupid, only the King of Gondor tells me what to do, and you're not... damn."
Anduril is so cool. On that note, so is Elrond.
Pelannor Fields:
Best battle scene ever, bar none, in my opinion. Words do not describe. Go see the movie, for crying out loud.
The charge of the Rohirrim was an amazing, breathtaking moment. Absolutely spectacular.
The seige weapons of Minas Tirith were also super-cool. As were the Nazgul.
Ooh, ooh, the Witch King of Angmar!
Poor Theoden. And Snowmane.
I would have liked the battle between Eowyn [Dernhelm.. Dernholm?] to have been longer, but in all fairness, if it'd gone on longer, she probably would have been slain, despite Merry's help. [Which would have been bad]
Which brings me back to Grond. I was worried they'd somehow claim to breach the gates of Minas Tirith with some random battering ram, but they included Grond, which was cool. Grond! Grond! Grond! Did you notice that's what everything sounded like when it was on screen. Yes, it did.
Shelob
Shelob was brilliant, it's just a shame I'm not scared of spiders. But she was excellent. I loved how Galadriel helped Frodo to his feet, too.
Ah! And Grishnak was there, Grishnak and that other Orc who's name I've forgotten. Heheheh. Mordor Orcs, who think they're cooler because they're under direct orders straight from Sauron, and Minas Morgul Orcs who think they're cool... because.. they have the Witch King...? Yess.
But anyway. I assumed the Orc with the blue line on his face was Grishnak.
[TORN informs me that he's Gorbag. ]
he was cool, as far as an Orc can be cool.
Poor Sam. Poor poor Sam. :(
Gollum! Ah! So evil! So Tricksy and false!
:ahem:
Faramir: Faramir was like he was sposed to be... a little.. in this movie, which is good. Ah, Faramir. he was one of my fave characters..
A little dissapointed that the Mouth of Sauron didn't turn up, but he'll be in EE.
That's fairlymuch all for now, although I have alot more to say.
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Date: 2003-12-30 04:40 am (UTC)(And Peter Jackson's movies are different to LOTR fan-ment, they are just based on LOTR)
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Date: 2003-12-30 04:44 am (UTC)Oh, 'sept for that "trying-to-give-me-cardiac-arrest-fading-out" thing, that would be the only cinema...graphic flaw, that I can think of.
and besides, all movies have flaws.
(Yes, but I'm also re-reading the books... and the Hobbit.)
And since both LOTR fandoms are all-consuming, they come under one category.
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Date: 2003-12-30 04:45 am (UTC)And the
'Oh, um, we editted out the fight with the Mouth of Sauron, and erm.. yeah Aragorn has blood on his sword. He must not look after Anduril, yeah, that's it, it's the heirloom of his family, more symbolic than his CROWN and yet, he leaves blood on it and doesn't clean her'
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Date: 2003-12-30 05:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-30 05:54 am (UTC)