And now for something completely the same

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The Bad

The Gandalf/Saruman (hmmmmm) fight. Just. No, okay? No. I've seen it twice now, and I could't help laughing either time. I'm pretty sure that wasn't supposed to happen. These are powerful wizards, not Stooge brothers. This is a battle of minds, not bodies. Peter Jackson, you disappoint me!

The elves' hair colour. Person pet peeve here, but I always pictured the Rivendel elves as blonde and the forest-dwellers asd black-haired. Principle of camouflage or whatever. And it bugged me.

The Good

The Nazgul! I mean, holy fucking mother of GOD! When they first ride out of Mordor, they literally took my breath away, and during the meeting on the road, it's even better and it just keeps getting better every time. I'm all sad because I don't think the Nazgul feature prominently in Two Towers or Return of the King, do they? I am a Nazgul fangirl.

Rivendell. I was about thirteen when I first read LotR, and I've always been enchanted by Rivendell, the elven city under the rule of Elrond. And god, but it looks perfect. That goes for the Shire and Moira and all the other settings as well, but Rivendell has a special place in my heart.

Speaking of that, Elrond. I hart Hugo Weaving and his beautiful Australian eyebrows.

Merry and Pippin. They're so adorable I just want to take them home and feed them cookies and watch them get into trouble and make out and stuff. And every time Merry calls Pippin "Pip' (and he's the only one who does that! they're MFEO!) I just turn into a big puddle of Melle-goo.

Aragorn. Boromir. Aragorn and Boromir. "My brother, my captain, my king." There are no words.

Gandalf. Wise, powerful wizard of old. Oh.

Legolas! Pretty elf! Even if he does have blonde hair, he's all tallish and graceful and slender and oh, but he can fight!

Basically, the whole effing movie. Except for the wizards fighting and the elves' hair colour. Oh, and I could've done without Cate Blanchett, but whatever.