Anyone in anticipation of Return Of The King??

Mermaid of the Lunar Sea · Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:49 am

I can't do opening night, but I'm going to see it when we're in VA sometime. Cannot wait!

Sympho · Post by **Sympho** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:26 am

awip2062 wrote:
Sympho wrote:
You never liked fairy tales when you were a little kid..?
Not much. I read some, but I read most everything I could ged my hands on. Still, I didn't care for them.

NPG, hmmmmmm....maybe I will try reading them again someday. but, so many books, so little time!

Nonetheless, they are still stories. And people (children) DO like stories.
And this is one of THE greatest epics ever written..

You are not saying that you don't like it just cuzz you never read the books??

Ps. Make time!

Sympho · Post by **Sympho** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:29 am

KaelMwithascrubbrush wrote:Personally, I'm looking forward to Eowyn kicking the Lord Nazgul's butt!!! (Ok, and Miranda Otto's smile doesn't hurt none either )

I thought that Gandalf did that??
Anyway, I disagree with you there. For me the Nazghul are Very Very Cool!! (why do people always tend to have a 'soft spot' for Evil?)

Sympho · Post by **Sympho** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:44 am

They are the Nazghul, Ringwraiths, neither living, nor dead..
They were once great Kings of men, and each of them took a Ring of power, now they are slaves to Saurons will..
They are bound to the Ring, and the Ring to them.. they will never stop hunting you..

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:49 am

I did not read them because when I started them, they just didn't interest me. So it isn't because I haven't read them, but that I started too and found them to be not for me.

Sympho · Post by **Sympho** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:54 am

awip2062 wrote:I did not read them because when I started them, they just didn't interest me. So it isn't because I haven't read them, but that I started too and found them to be not for me.

Hmm.. okay then.. tell me, how many pages did you read.?

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:17 pm

Jings, Sy! I was in late elementary, so that was like over decades ago. I don't remember how many pages. I read a fair bit of it though, cuz I always give a book a chance to grow on me.

Sympho · Post by **Sympho** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:58 pm

awip2062 wrote:Jings, Sy! I was in late elementary, so that was like over decades ago. I don't remember how many pages. I read a fair bit of it though, cuz I always give a book a chance to grow on me.

Obviously not quite near enough then..

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:01 pm

Sigh, Sy!

KaelMwithascrubbrush · Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:03 am

Sympho wrote:
KaelMwithascrubbrush wrote:Personally, I'm looking forward to Eowyn kicking the Lord Nazgul's butt!!! (Ok, and Miranda Otto's smile doesn't hurt none either )
I thought that Gandalf did that??
Anyway, I disagree with you there. For me the Nazghul are Very Very Cool!! (why do people always tend to have a 'soft spot' for Evil?)

Nope, it's actually Merry and Eowyn working together; Merry's sword "[shears] through the black mangle, and [passes] up beneath the hauber [and pierces] the sinew behind his mighty knee," but she lops of the Lord Nazgul's head...pp. 823-824 of the novel. I really like Merry, and think Dom Monighan is doing a fantastic job of portraying him...I especially like him in the Southfarthing leaf scene in the extended version of TTT. And Billy Boyd doe a great Pippin. And Andy Serkis as Smegol...OH MY FREAKING GOSH!!!

Immortal for a Ltd Time · Mon Dec 15, 2003 3:28 pm

I agree, Kael! Actually, I think the entire cast is superb. I think the casting folks should win an award!
I just watched the extended Two Towers over the weekend to prepare for Return of the King. I'm going to try to see it opening night...we'll see if I can get tickets....

Yeah, the bonus material of how they created Gollum was awesome. Andy Serkis sure put himself through a lot! Another award winner, if ya ask me!

Aerosmitten · Post by **Aerosmitten** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:40 am

Things to do durring ROTK

1. Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, "Wait... where
the hell is Harry Potter?"

2. Block the entrance to the theater while screaming: "YOU SHALL NOT
PASS!" - After the movie, say "Lucas could have done it better."

3. Play a drinking game where you have to take a sip every time someone
says: "The Ring."

4. Point and laugh whenever someone dies.

5. Ask everyone around you if they think Gandalf went to Hogwarts.

6. Finish off every one of Elrond's lines with "Mr. Anderson."

7. When Aragorn is crowned king, stand up and at the top of your lungs
sing, "And I did it.... MY way...!"

8. Talk like Gollum all through the movie. At the end, bite off
someone's finger and fall down the stairs.

9. Dress up as old ladies and reenact "The Battle of Helms Deep" Monty
Python style.

10. When Denethor lights the fire, shout "Barbecue!"

11. In TTT when the Ents decide to march to war, stand up and shout "RUN
FOREST, RUN!"

12. Every time someone kills an Orc, yell: "That's what I'm Tolkien
about!" See how long it takes before you get kicked out of the theatre.

13. During a wide shot of a battle, inquire, "Where's Waldo?"

14. Talk loudly about how you heard that there is a single frame of a
nude Elf hidden somewhere in the movie.

15. Start an Orc sing-a-long.

16. Come to the premiere dressed as Frankenfurter and wander around
looking terribly confused.

17. When they go in the paths of the dead, wait for tense moment and
shout, "I see dead people!"

18. Imitate what you think a conversation between Gollum, Dobby and Yoda
would be like.

19. Release a jar of daddy-long-legs into the theater during the Shelob
scene.

20. Wonder out loud if Aragorn is going to run for governor of California.

21. When Shelob comes on, exclaim, "Man! Charlotte's really let herself go!"

neilpeart_gal · Post by **neilpeart_gal** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:25 am

T, I would suggest renting the movies and watching them. That way, you don't spend the hours and hours that it takes to get through the books, but you'll get the same spirit (pretty much). I guarantee you the story will suck you in.

KaelMwithascrubbrush · Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:44 pm

Aerosmitten wrote:Things to do durring ROTK

Very funny, Startercus. Oh, and Gandalf did not go to Hogwarts, but Godrick Griffendor was his paduan learner. "When lives of men three hundred you reach, smell as good you will not."

Panacea · Post by **Panacea** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 6:37 pm

My whole little family is looking forward to seeing it together!