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From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson [mailto:rjremr_at_...]
Sent: 17 December 2003 20:48
To: HQRPG
Subject: Return of the King
My wife and I attended Trilogy Tuesday at the local theatre (unlike some
other venues, tickets were only $20 for the entire trilogy, and there was
still space....). Starting at 4pm, we watched the director's cuts of the
first two movies, and the RotK at midnight. Some technical problems with
the
DVD projector gave us a rocky start, and every once in a while some would
lean on the "pause" button, giving us the willies...
Wow.
First, it's nice to know when the pee-breaks are in the first two movies
(any Arwen scene...), and having talked to the theatre manager, I knew
when
the 2-minute reel-change was going to occur, so was ready for it when the
lights went up. RotK clocks in at ~3 hours, so don't get the Mega-Size
coke
before the show.
A lot of really neat stuff in RotK; Legolas definitely gets my vote as HQ
player of the film - doing all the really wacky physical stuff (taking on
a
mumakil single handedly...). It was great seeing the charge of the
Rohirrim
(if only against the orcs and Mumakil - where was the Southron Horse?),
and
I enjoyed the summoning of the army of the dead. Eowen taking out the
Witch
King was right on, I thought. One of the many "Whoo-Hoo" moments of the
battle.
Unfortunately, Peter Jackson messed still further with the motivations o
fthe characters, so purists may want to go in expecting to get annoyed.
And
Mordo seems to be a lot smaller than I thought -0 It's only a day's
journey
to get from Cirith Ungol to Mt Doom. And no Voice of Sauron at the Black
Gate?!? I'm still firmly in the anti-Arwen league, I didn't think her
scenes
added anything to the movie, and the writers really f*cked up Aragorn's
motivations to shoehorn her in. Faramir continues to get the dhort end of
the writing stick.
So, I'm of mixed mind - on the one hand, it is stunning visually. On the
other hand, there was so much done (or not done that should have been)
with
the story. Ellen & I give it half a thumb up each, so together that's one
thumb.
RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this
has
done what he has done.
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