Here begin the days of the king...

[rivendellrose]

From the ashes a fire shall be woken;
A light from the darkness shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.


At 12:30am (or so, give or take a bit of time for the requisite commercials and previews, including the preview for Hidalgo (!!!) which I will most *definitely* be seeing) last Wednesday, I was proud to see one of my favorite books come to stunning life.

To say I loved it doesn't quite take things far enough, I think. I was in awe for pretty much the whole three hours. I nearly broke poor Sean's fingers from squeezing them, nearly so many times I can't count the instances, and spent most of the movie with my mouth hanging open in shock and excitement.

I saw it again Friday night, and some of the total astonishment has worn off, of course, but I'm no less in love.


Had anybody else forgotten about the eagles? I had... I almost screamed.

Did anyone else find it amusing that the longest "angst" reaction of the entire movie, aside perhaps from Sam re: Frodo, was Legolas seeing Aragorn attacked by that cave troll?

Holy crap - SHELOB!!!!!!!!

Denethor disgusted me in all the right ways. I will not be able to eat cherry tomatoes for months, thanks to him. I very nearly lost my dinner while he was eating.

And I had the pleasure of having this conversation at the end of the movie: Random girls scream when Orlando Bloom's name comes up in credits.

Me: *shakes head* Fangirls.

Random Guy: Someday they'll realize that Aragorn is the man.

Me: *grins up at him, if didn't have own lovely wonderful date, might very well have kissed him* The smart ones already know that.


I left feeling the same thing I always do at the end of the book: "What do you MEAN there isn't more?????"

If an Oscar for best picture does not come of this, I shall be very angry with the Academy.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

If I'd heard that whole conversation, I'd not only have not minded you kissing him, I probably would have done it first!

~Sean

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Glad you didn't hear, then... ;)

[sablebadger.livejournal.com]

"If an Oscar for best picture does not come of this, I shall be very angry with the Academy."

Not going to happen. Nicole Kidman starred in a movie, therefore she gets all the attention. I seriously can't stand her, but they all seem to revolve around her. sigh.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I know... Cold Mountain will win it, most likely. But it isn't fair, damn it!

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

I definately had the same feeling. "Where's the rest?"

There should most certainly be an Oscar. I understand not giving the first two, but now I think they're going to be looking at the trilogy as a whole and just awarding the third movie. If that makes any sense.

*Goes back to rough BDSM werewolf porn*

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I'd say you were teasing me if I hadn't just read the log you're talking about... ;)

With the swish of my cloak I can produce a sword!

[yimisty.livejournal.com]

Afterwards all I could think about was the scene with Elrond giving Aragorn the sword, the way the sword was presented was really really cheesy and I giggled much because of it.

Re: With the swish of my cloak I can produce a sword!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

*Sputters, considers leaping to Elrond's defense.... and then decides that he's a bit too melodramatic to be defended.*

Yeah... but Aragorn!!!

;)

Extended

[(Anonymous)]

Can't remember where, but I heard a rumor that the extended version is supposed to be nearly five hours long. I liked the movie, but I think that might be a bit too much...

Re: Extended

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

OOOOOOooooooooooo........

That would make me so HAPPY!!!!!!

*is a complete fangirl*