December 30, 2003

I'm Back
RaggedyAnndy

Well I'm back. (Sorry, couldn't help myself!) I have finally seen ROTK. I'm still just trying to let it sink in. Some things really jumped out at me, so please allow me to ramble for a bit:

-Frodo sending Sam home: This was interesting. I think that it was unnecessary, but when Sam shows up, just in time to rescue Frodo, I loved that!
-For a dark, 'end of the world', war movie, it seemed to have too many funny parts. Mainly, Gimli. Though I did like the part about the mumakil - "That still only counts as one!" - sometimes it was just too much.
-Gandalf talking to Pippin about death - Wow. I loved it. Just loved it. It was like, for this one moment, they were on the same level - the great white wizard and this little fool of a Took. And it wasn't that Gandalf "came down" to Pippin's level, it was that Pippin "rose" to Gandalf's level. Plus, it was great to work in more of those lines from Tom Bombadil.
-Frodo nearly falling into the fire: What was up with that? It totally took away from what should have been a huge climax with Gollum falling.
-Pippin singing: That was great. The song perfectly captured everything about the whole battle, and especially with Faramir's whole suicide mission. It was just perfect.

Oh there's a lot more I could talk about, but I'll leave it for now until I see it again.

Peace and love
Altariel~~~~~~~~