Well, i got to go see The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King last night. I can honestly say without any misgivings that it is from the standpoint of the book not nearly perfect and yet at the same time perhaps the greatest movie of all time. At least in my humble opinion anyway.
I took my son with me to see it and he was in awe. I am so proud of the fact that at even such a young age as he is he seems to understand so much about the deeper points of the story. He never once made fun of the more emotional moments between characters. I think i saw him crying towards the end, but thats okay 'cause so were uncle Stephen and I.
I really don't understand this bullshit with people making fun of the flick in that there are a lot of heartfelt and tender moments between certain characters, specifically between Frodo and Sam. What kind of souless fucking vermin do you have to be not to understand that love can sometimes lead us to places where physicality has no meaning.
I was lucky enough once long ago in my life to have someone i loved that strongly, he was more than simply my friend, he was the other half of my soul. I lost him to a car wreck and let me tell you that if i had him back now i would kiss him on his forehead like Frodo did Sam every fucking day of our lives.
That is the true beauty of these movies, the LotR trilogy. They school us on many of the finer points of life that we all to often take for granted in our everyday lives. Love. Honor. Courage. Friendship. Home. Family. Hope. These are the things that should be the bread and butter of our souls, not the garbage that we fill them with. I hope my son grows up to realize these things.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandalf
Never were truer words uttered.
I took my son with me to see it and he was in awe. I am so proud of the fact that at even such a young age as he is he seems to understand so much about the deeper points of the story. He never once made fun of the more emotional moments between characters. I think i saw him crying towards the end, but thats okay 'cause so were uncle Stephen and I.
I really don't understand this bullshit with people making fun of the flick in that there are a lot of heartfelt and tender moments between certain characters, specifically between Frodo and Sam. What kind of souless fucking vermin do you have to be not to understand that love can sometimes lead us to places where physicality has no meaning.
I was lucky enough once long ago in my life to have someone i loved that strongly, he was more than simply my friend, he was the other half of my soul. I lost him to a car wreck and let me tell you that if i had him back now i would kiss him on his forehead like Frodo did Sam every fucking day of our lives.
That is the true beauty of these movies, the LotR trilogy. They school us on many of the finer points of life that we all to often take for granted in our everyday lives. Love. Honor. Courage. Friendship. Home. Family. Hope. These are the things that should be the bread and butter of our souls, not the garbage that we fill them with. I hope my son grows up to realize these things.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandalf
Never were truer words uttered.
VIEW 21 of 21 COMMENTS
My friends and I were watching the extended edition of TTT and laughing our asses off making fun of the homoerotic moments in the film. I'm not at all uncomfortable with m/m love in whatever form it happens to be in and I thing PJ's faithful translation of these tender moments is great, but at the same time I'm a crass boor at heart and the moments are just too obvious not to make fun of at some point. I do love the movies though.
I just saw RoTK yesterday, and it was the one I liked least. I felt there was just too much that wasn't explained and so now I'm waiting for the extended version to make a final verdict. Have you ever read the books? If not, where there any parts of the movie that were confusing to you?
-Joe
1. More than one "brave-heart" speach per movie is too much. The one that Theodin gave to the Rohirim in front of the Pelennor fields was completely gratuitous in that it was not in the book and the same speach (basicly) was given by Aragorn in front of the Black Gate.
2. Faramir's charge to Osgiliath was also totally gratuitous. He fell defending Osgiliath in the book. Why on Earth did PJ change this?
3. There is no explanation for Denethor's going nuts. Without the knowlege of the Palantir his character was nothing but a distraction in the film to me.
Alright, those are my bigest complaints.
I loved the action in the film. It was kick ass all the way.
-Joe