![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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.)
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.)
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
Re: The Scouring of the Shire
Date: 2004-01-26 04:37 am (UTC)From:But more importantly, The whole story is about the changing of the world. It is the beginning of the age of man. The Elves, Dwarves and Hobbits are all fading away. Since the story began with the Hobbits, and has them as our anchor, it is only fitting to demonstrate the changes that will be wrought in their world.