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Wait, that last one was just my imagination, wsan't it? Dang it all. ^__^
So, yes, My LotR viewings count is now up to three. Give it time, yo. And I even took notes this time! Let's see if I can read them ...
Hm. We got trailers for Ocean's Eleven, which looks like something I'd like, and Ali, which I'm gonna go see this weekend. Because I like Mohammed Ali, and Will Smith is hot. And seems to do a good job in this movie.
Okay, in the intro, we see the Three being given to the elves. Galadriel is one of them. Who're the other ones? (I should know this, shouldn't I? Was also quite disappointed the rhyme wasn't recited in the movie at all. :( This might explain why every time the voice-over (or, later, Gandalf) says "in the land of Mordor" I whisper under my breath "where the shadows lie." I'm a great big geek girl.
Then there's the battle scene, which is ... holy crap! Breathtaking. And Hugo Weaving ni battle armour makes me want to do nasty things to him. And oh, oh, the Elrond/Isildur vibes! I was vibing out of my seat, yo!
BTW, was I hallucinating or was there at least one woman in the battle scene?
Moving onwards to the Shire. Merry and Pippin stealing the firework. "No, get a big one." Ahahahahahahaha! A big one! Bwahahahaha! Oh, god.
I'm probably the lsat one to notice, but I loved how Gandalf surreptuously insinuated chapter titles from LotR and TH into some of his dialogue? So cool.
When they're hiding from the Nazgûl, right after running into Merry and Pippin, you can see Merry and Pippin and Sam huddled together ovre the mushrooms, and I may or may not have had a threesome moment. Oh, and a bit later, on the ferry, Frodo takes this giant leap right into Sam's arms! Squee! theirloveissoprecious! That goes for the other Hobbit pair as well. I melt every time Merry calls Pippin "Pip". Cause no one else does that! And then! When Frodo gets stabbed by the Morgul sword and Sam rushes to his side and Frodo sighs softly "Oh, Sam" and eeee!
Then we have Rivendel and Elrond and the Council and Elrond being amused/bemused/midly irritatred by all those fecking Hobbits popping out of nowhere an every time I see that scene I squee a little more. Give me a couple of more viewings and i'll just implode from the squee of it all.
Hm, seems I got distracted by that whole movie thing at this point, because the next thing is a note on the glance (or rather, the GLANCE) Aragorn and Boromir exchange on the Pass of Ca-something. Mmmm, smolderingly good. ^_^
Oh, Moira. I love Moira. And the drums in the deep, can I just say they scared the living daylights out of me? Good fucking god. (This is probably to blame on Mr King and his special brand of psychological horror. That one story with the toy monkey? I've read it about a dozen times and I still get freked out about it. Fucker.) Also, Boromir saying "They have a cave troll" in that "Oh joy" kind of voice.You're right, Sae, it's great.
Lothlorien. Does anyone else think that thing Legolsa is wearing looks like a satin dressing gown? o_O Also, the Boromir/Aragorn conversation seems to have spawned a bunny. I quote my notes: "A = B's father? Eeep!" And that's all i have to say about that!
Death scene made me cry. Again. My knuckles have bite marks on them. Fuckers.
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::snorts:: Hilarious! Why didn't I come up with that one?
I whisper under my breath "where the shadows lie."
The movie does that to me as well, I think it's horrible that they left it out. They should have at least recited it once, it's always been so important to me. I mean, even most of the people who never read the books before probably know that poem. It's really missing.
And Hugo Weaving ni battle armour makes me want to do nasty things to him.
To me, too. I mean, who would have thought that this (http://siria.myip.org/images/LOTR/Elrond/hugoweavingrl.jpg) not too-sexy-blond-man could ever look like that (http://siria.myip.org/images/LOTR/Elrond/elastalliancealone.jpg)? He's amazing. And I'm not only speaking of his appearance here, but also his voice! Do you remember the scene when he says "We can't fight both, Mordor and Isengard!"? I have no idea why, but everytime I hear him say that I have a hard time not to run up to the screen and drool all over it.
Also, Boromir saying "They have a cave troll" in that "Oh joy" kind of voice.
I so adore that scene! Boromir in general is totally adorable, but that scene drives me crazy every time. And I'm always the only one in the cinema who laughs about it, do you understand that? I don't.
Does anyone else think that thing Legolsa is wearing looks like a satin dressing gown?
::giggles:: I always thought it looked sort of weird, but I never ever compared it to a dressing gown. Which in fact is a good comparison. ::snort:: It really does look like one. It's cute though, only they should have given one to Gimli as well...
I usually start crying in the beginning when Frodo asks "What must I do?" and then cry occasionally during the movie until Gandalf's mine-incident. And then I don't stop until the lights go on. ::shrugs::
::bounce:: Will see it for the 7th time tomorrow. Yay!
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Gandalf wasn't the only one who did that including-titles thing, btw:
Merry: "It was a detour! A shortcut!"
Sam: "A shortcut to what?"
Pippin: "To mushrooms!"
I'd been meaning to pay attention to whether they actually used all the titles at some point, but I kind of forgot about it during the movie. I don't think so, anyway. (Of course, they did use things like "Lothlórien" and "The Mirror of Galadriel" and whatnot. Don't think they used "A Knife in the Dark" though, for example ...) Going to determine that once I have the DVD - I simply can't be bothered paying that much attention to detail while watching the movie ^__^
The battle scene at the beginning made me cry. The first and the second time around, simply because it is so magnificent. And Hugo Weaving is brilliant. Ooh.
The satin dress gown: Hm. *thinks* Yes, actually. ^__^ (But I've also been wondering just what the hell it is that Frodo's wearing under his shirt in Rivendell. Y'know, the flesh-coloured, silken looking type cloth? I'm so not buying that that's a dressing for his wound. ;D)
His ... father? oO;; Was there something I missed about that conversation?
(Also ... did I say something about the cave troll? I honestly don't remember. Am quite, quite in agreement, though. Whee!)
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Yes, I'm on crack. Move along, nothing to see here, move along. ^_^
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At least that's what I'm hoping. ^.~
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Boromir, dying: "My brother, my Captain, my King!"
Aragorn: "Actually ... make that 'father', eh?"
Eep.
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Gah!
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Shouldn't we both be in bed by now?
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No. Bed. Must. Go. Now. (NotgonnacommentontheDracothing. NotgonnacommentontheDracothing.)
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But I still hold that I don't like Draco for what he is, not even if one tries and looks behind the facade that Harry perceives. It's just this potential, this feeling like something's building up, like he may break any moment ... his possible future, his possible wandering between dark and light.
That's what makes him dear to me, and that's why I keep wanting to jump to his defence. "He's about to break. He's about to grow up. Give him time, damnit ..."
*shrug* That's prolly completely different from what you meant, though. Need bed now. Really. *falls asleep on keyboard*
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Okay, in the intro, we see the Three being given to the elves. Galadriel is one of them. Who're the other ones? (I should know this, shouldn't I? Was also quite disappointed the rhyme wasn't recited in the movie at all. :( This might explain why every time the voice-over (or, later, Gandalf) says "in the land of Mordor" I whisper under my breath "where the shadows lie." I'm a great big geek girl.
The other two rings went to Gil Galad, who IIRC, was the one in back and Cidran[sp] who was next to him. And I'm glad to know that I'm not alone in quoting the ring rhyme either :)
Then there's the battle scene, which is ... holy crap! Breathtaking. And Hugo Weaving ni battle armour makes me want to do nasty things to him. And oh, oh, the Elrond/Isildur vibes! I was vibing out of my seat, yo!
Yesyesyes!!!! He looks so hot during all those battle sequences. My favourite is the hot and dirty scene in Mt. Doom when he's yelling at Isildur *squee* Oh yeah. I can SO see them together :)
Then we have Rivendel and Elrond and the Council and Elrond being amused/bemused/midly irritatred by all those fecking Hobbits popping out of nowhere an every time I see that scene I squee a little more. Give me a couple of more viewings and i'll just implode from the squee of it all
Damn but this scene always has us bouncing and giggling in our seats (to the chagrin of the others in the theatre *G*). I love the way the Elrond says to Sam ".... when he is invited to a secret council meeting, and you are not." Priceless :) Then when Merry and Pippin come running in and Elrond turns with the eyebrow raised. I love it ;)
The whole scene on Caradhras was rife with much tension between Boromir and Aragorn. I have lost the words to describe the two of them in any coherent fashion, especially after the scene in Lothlorien *dies*
*g* Me and Zar went to see it together and both came out with bitten knuckles, and it wasn't the first time. And now I'll stop being a Tolkien geek in your lj now ;))
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Must consult timeline.
I don't think it works in books, but...okay...ack....
Amy, thinking movieverse incest bunny
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*insert agreement and squeeing about LoTR*
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I'm not even going to get into the Aragorn/Boromir vibes. Because then everyone else would get dragged in, 'cos they pretty much vibe off A and/or B at some point or another.
Yes. Merry and Pippin are totally Squee!worthy.
The dressing gown... he's an Elf. He gets to wear pretty, not-entirely-masculine things. So there. :P And look like a felony waiting to happen in them. ::grin::
Boromir's line about the cave is farkin' hysterical. My friends keep beating me over the head 'cos I snigger so at it. But then too, they have to beat me over the head for most of the movie. My knuckles won't be recovering until sometime after the movie leaves the theaters, methinks. ::sigh::
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Fecking hell, yes! I just can't get over this. I mean, it's Hugo Weaving! It's Elrond! He's all pretty and flamey and guh, and suddenly he's decked out in armour, battlig, being the fkucking greatest elf warrior ever and all dirty and growl. And oh, the look when Isildur refuses to destroy the Ring! I swear, I was vibing so hard I think I broke something.
Heee, yesyesyes! I was actually specifically looking for L/A subtext, and there were, in fact, quite a few moments, and then I went "Hm. Aragorn/Legolas/Boromir?"
Growl, I say! =D
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Thanks. I checked the appendix yesterday and it was in there. Gil-Galad later gave his ring to Elrond, and Cidran gave his to Mithrandir (Gandalf). :)
Hey, Tolkien geeks are more than welcome in/to my LJ, yo! =D
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Okay, so I'm desperate for some well-written (hell, even decently-written) B/A. So sue me. ^_^
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"Not too sexy"? Hmpf! ;)
God, yes, I hart that scene. He's so ... something.
Seven times? I'm jealous!
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I'd say, yes, go, it's a good-time of a movie.
And Matt's so cute in glasses */shallow moment*
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Yay for Tolkien geeks *ggg*
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That is exactly what I mean, actually. And I know at least part of it is because I've known plenty of people who, at fourteen, called people "makak" (cuss word for Arab people, equivalent to "nigger" or "mudblood") and a mere five years later were decent, okay people.
And maybe I am rationalising, but I truly do believe that at fourteen, just about everyone is still heavily influenced by their parents, let alone someone like Draco, who father, whom he idolises, is a really strong personality, and who's more likely than not been homeschooled, with friends picked from the "best" families, etc.
Sleep. Yes. Not a bad idea, that.