Return of the King
3 February 2004 19:59![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
juldeaSo I finally went downtown and saw Return of the King today. There were many awesome parts, but somehow I am left with an overall feeling that is not awesome. I mean yeah, it's great, but not mindblowing spectacular.
That could have to do with the fact that the fire alarm went off in the theater right at the height of the Minas Tirith battle (when Eowyn defends her uncle), the movie was delayed for about 20 minutes, and they didn't give any warning as to when it'd come back on so I missed some random amount of time in the midst of the movie (I came back when Merry found Pippin.. or vice versa... on the battle field). Grr.
I didn't think I was going to cry until the newly-crowned Aragorn looked up at Gandalf and smiled. I lost it then.
Faramir and Eowyn standing next to each other during the coronation gives me hope that their relationship will be explored in the extended edition.
Shelob rocked my socks.
That could have to do with the fact that the fire alarm went off in the theater right at the height of the Minas Tirith battle (when Eowyn defends her uncle), the movie was delayed for about 20 minutes, and they didn't give any warning as to when it'd come back on so I missed some random amount of time in the midst of the movie (I came back when Merry found Pippin.. or vice versa... on the battle field). Grr.
I didn't think I was going to cry until the newly-crowned Aragorn looked up at Gandalf and smiled. I lost it then.
Faramir and Eowyn standing next to each other during the coronation gives me hope that their relationship will be explored in the extended edition.
Shelob rocked my socks.
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on 3 Feb 2004 17:04 (UTC)Also, I thought the credits were really well done. Nice, "drawings" of all the cast members, good music, and everything. I mean, yes, the ending lasted, what, 30 minutes? But still. Also, Sam was cute as all hell when he was all cleaned up (I'm REALLY ignoring the total non sequitor that is his relationship with Rosie, cute as she was).
It wasn't MINDBLOWINGLY spectacular, but I find myself wanting to see it again, and I've already seen it twice.
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on 3 Feb 2004 17:22 (UTC)Which was nothing compared to one of the people I went with. Poor guy, he's arachnophobic and I "forgot" to mention the giant spider scene. He spent most of the scene curled in a small ball in the seat.
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on 3 Feb 2004 17:28 (UTC)You didn't miss much between the Eowyn fight and the battlefield reunion. Unless you missed the actual Witch King slaying, in which case... you still didn't miss all that much.
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on 5 Feb 2004 11:38 (UTC)The credits rocked. I sat through all of them.... and still wasn't the last person out of the theater.
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on 5 Feb 2004 11:41 (UTC)Well wait, yes I have. Hrm.
Yes, I missed the actual Witch King slaying. As "not that much" as you may say it is, seeing it is still preferable to not.
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