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[catslash]

Oh. Yeah. So, I totally forgot to mention that I saw RotK. Because that's really about as much of an impression as it made on me.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I teared up a bajillion times and loved the singing and sulked whenever Arwen was onscreen (curse her for ruining Aragorn's crowning, I was just starting to love that scene whe she showed up). But, unlike the first two, I have no desire to go see it again. It was just too grand. Like Peter Jackson was way too conscious of the scale of the story he was telling, and tried to make the movie big enough to fit. I don't even know how many times I was like, "Okay, it wouldn't kill you to tone it down a little." So much of it was just too overdone, and would have benefited from a quieter, simpler telling.

Of course, that's just my opinion, and I'm also the only person I know who didn't just loooove the movie. So, maybe I'm wrong and should shut up now. =)

(But I really, REALLY wanted to cry at "Don't go where I can't follow" in the movie as hard as I did when I read it. Dammit.)

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[exaggeration17a.livejournal.com]

Strange... the biggest error that stuck out in my mind was the crappy editing in the last few sequences. I'm sure everyone who saw it knows what I'm talking about. A blackout after the scene on Mt. Doom, followed by 5 seconds of silence? The evil part of me wishes they did end the movie there. Oh, and then there was a whiteout with the ship sailing away from Middle Earth, followed by 3 seconds of silence and maybe half a minute of actual movie remaining thereafter. I stayed halfway through the ending credits to make sure they didn't throw in once last scene somewhere.

Faithfully, I remain:
Cableman Jorge

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was all . . . weird. It also served to highlight the exclusion of the scourging of the Shire. =P