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hey, whats the best time/scene to take a snack run/ break during the movie?

― kephm, Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

please!

― kephm, Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i went to the bathroom when gandalf and pippin were standing at minis tirith staring at the sky and didn't miss much. but i was only gone for a moment, snack run would probably take longer, just sneak in food if you must.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks. any idea how far into the film this is? i get terrible leg cramps , seats are way too small, etc

― kephm, Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

i have no idea.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

kephm, I loved the film and found it riveting, but I *adore* you for making these points :)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 1 January 2004 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

To end the "is the battering ram a pig, a wolf or a dog?" the answer is None of the Above. Grom is a Worg, which is a cross between a Dire Wolf and a Wild Boar. (Funnily enough, a dead Worg tastes just like chicken.)

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 1 January 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry if it's already been touched upon but HOW FANTASTIC is that bit where Sam is looking at Gollum sleeping and drifting off himself, then as soon as his eyes finally close fully Gollum's eyes open and his face is just an astonishingly perfect expression of solemn, evil intent

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 January 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought those hyena-like critters that dragged Aragorn over the cliff in T2T were supposed to be Wargs. Or is a Worg a different thing?

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 2 January 2004 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

And stevem, I agree, that moment was kind of like a distant-cousin parallel of the supremely fascist shot of a single tear rolling down Wormtongue's cheek when he realizes the sheer scale (and blind obedience) of Saruman's army of Uruk-Hai at Isengard (in T2T).

― David A. (Davant), Friday, 2 January 2004 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Er I liked it... my fav was the second one. Too long though and WAY TOO MUCH crying hobbits especially the last half hour. Oh well.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 2 January 2004 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

In the sober light of day I'd like to downgrade "I loved the film and found it riveting" to "I enjoyed the film and found it quite stimulating". Thanks.

(I also nicked TFOTR off my brother (in book form) and am contemplating whether to actually try to read it. If I do, I feel I'll have betrayed a part of my soul. Evil ring and your seductive charms, damn you!)

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)

and his face is just an astonishingly perfect expression of solemn, evil intent

i forgot to mention the little gasps that echoed around the cinema when this happened, on both occasions that i saw it - awesome.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Watching this movie was the best four-hour erection that didn't involve sex that I've ever experienced.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 2 January 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I've missed you so much.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 2 January 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

a girl i talked to on NYE was annoyed that Eowyn was depicted as looking all feeble and afraid just before she slew the witch king. petty i say

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been reading lately about how Tolkien based much of the hobbits on Kentucky folk - the bare feet and tobacco lurv and such. Pretty cool.

I love the non-score musical moments in these films: Merry and Pippin singing and dancing on the table, Pippin singing to Denethor, Eowyn singing at Theodred's funeral (in the extended ed Two Towers). Of course, I also love the score, especially Howard Shore's thorough constant reinterpretations of the hobbit theme to match their circumstances.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been reading lately about how Tolkien based much of the hobbits on Kentucky folk - the bare feet and tobacco lurv and such. Pretty cool.

You merely seek to justify a way to smoke weed. Nicely done!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

it's the signature theme (i.e. the one you hear when the 'Lord Of The Rings' title appears at the start of the films) i find really spine-tinglingly lush

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Starting all three movies in the same quietly understated way for the titles was one of the smartest things Shore and Jackson did, hands down. It's the antithesis of the Star Wars hyperdramatic start.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

very true, although the turning of the SW title theme (the point when the text fades and the camera pans) is still my favourite 'something major is about to go down' musical moment

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I will not deny this. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i started thinking about how much more it is going to resonate in Episode III with the Vaderizing, woo fucking hoo! (i know i know, but now this trilogy has closed i must begin to turn my thoughts to the remaining one)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I fear what at this point I was well looking forward to some years back will now be an anticlimax. Jackson really did clean Lucas's clock in the end.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

totally and thoroughly.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

ok my least favourite musical moment is when aragorn starts singing at his coronation.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i quite like Gollum's Song tho (!)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It's actually a moment straight from the text (though there he speaks rather than sings it and it's quoting an ancestor who spoke on the establishment of the Numenorean Realms-in-exile and oh god I really should get to work).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

and no i don't mean the 'mountain pool, so nice and cool' thing, although that is great

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I figured as much, Ned, but it seemed to invite giggles from the audience.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

See, that's the difference between us sophisticated types in SoCal and you provincials up there in WannabeFranceLand. That is the name of the place, right?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, we were all like "HAR HAR HAR" and then some guys spilled their poutine on their pants

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

oh no, open war is upon us

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

All is clear. Slocki and I must unite to kill the quailing limey.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

highfives!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

if you want me, come and claim me

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Ew, no thanks.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

that's okay, i didn't want YOU to anyway

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Go back to the shadow, sideburn demon.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

*shakes fist nedwards and curses as darkness envelopes once more*

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Howard Shore should have worked "Where There's A Whip, THere's A Way" in there somewhere.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

You evil man.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael Medved, your friend. (As it is I remember Ari Fleischer wittering on somewhere about trying to draw parallels between himself and Frodo, so fuck 'em both.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 03:28 (twenty-two years ago)

what? ari fleischer claimed to be frodo-like? that's insane!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

god, michael medved is a douche

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

that goldwyn "western union" quote doesn't even make sense in that context!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

what? ari fleischer claimed to be frodo-like? that's insane!

It wasn't the exact quote, but he talked about loving the films (fine enough) and then made some sort of half-assed 'reminds me of my own struggles' followup. I'm so glad I only read my news these days, I can't imagine what hearing that would have made me do.

The seventies Medved is long, long gone.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't know where else to post this, but I think this is k-cool. I'm quoting a commercial auto policy for a horse farm whose business name happens to be R1v3nd3ll LLC. I can't wait to talk to these people on the phone!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

One of my friends named her house that (several years ago).

― C J (C J), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Was there ever a point in time when Michael Medved wasn't a gigantic soppy douche?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

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