finally

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We finally saw Return of the King last night. I liked it a lot. But it was hard to keep a straight face.

Did anyone else think, when they saw the armies of Mordor marching out of the green, glowing Minas Morgul, "oh-eeh-oh, ee-oh-oh! oh-eeh-oh, ee-oh-oh!"? Or wonder if Pippin was going to see the ruby slippers in the Palantir? At least Treebeard didn't start flinging apples at Saruman.

And when Frodo woke up, why did he and Gandalf start laughing? That was the stupidest thing.

But, like I said, I liked it. Partly because it was fairly close to the book. There were no glaring contrivances. They made up the part about Gollum turning Frodo against Sam, but it worked well enough. The rest of Frodo and Sam's journey was very close to the book. I was impressed. The part with Shelob was very good, though as it was depicted, I don't think Sam would have stood a chance. Seems like Tolkien's was more realistic.

And the scene at the Cracks of Doom, where Frodo was to throw the ring in, was very good. Except maybe that little cliffhanger at the end.

But all in all, I liked it, as I did the first two. And I'm glad that nobody else ever attempted to make those into movies until the technology allowed it.

Bernard Hill gave a great performance as King Theoden. I liked Sean Astin's Sam. He really looked the part. I think Andy Serkis who played Smeagol (Gollum) looked like I pictured Wormtongue. I still do not think Hugo Weaving looks like an elf. Arwen's mother must ahve been the most beautiful woman in history. I can see why the women think Voggo Mortensen (Aragorn) is so hot. But I don't think Orlando Bloom (Legolas) is all the cute. (Sam and Rosie's kids were played by the actor's and actress's kids.)

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[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

(Sam and Rosie's kids were played by the actor's and actress's kids.)

Really? I didn't know that. Cool :)

[melonaise.livejournal.com]

Legolas was less cute in RotK, somehow. It was very odd. Maybe because I've spent too many hours watching him as Will in Pirates. When I saw the first to LotR movies, I didn't know who Orlando Bloom was (yes, I live under a rock).

But I SO starting giggling at the "oo-ee-oo" scene. ;) People looked at me funny.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

I knew that the little girl was Sean's daughter, but didn't know that 'Lil Frodo was hers. Neat.

Did anyone else think, when they saw the armies of Mordor marching out of the green, glowing Minas Morgul, "oh-eeh-oh, ee-oh-oh! oh-eeh-oh, ee-oh-oh!"? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!

I thought all through the movie that Viggo was too dirty and just needed a damn bath, he looked greasy. I have never thought "Legolas" or Orlando was anything other than ordinary, and I thought Sam cried too much.. and yeah, the cliffhanger was too much at the end, but I really like the way they depicted Gollum and Frodo's scuffle at the end from Sam's view.

I was still irritated by the whole Arwen thing, even though I have since seen a "making of" the movie on some cable channel where Peter explained why he thought he had to create that scenario from that character, and I would have LOVED to have seen more on the development of the relationship between Aeowen (spelling?) and Faramir, but they didn't do ANYTHING at all about the halls of healing, so.. that may have been why, or it may be in the "director's cut" that comes out next year.