LotR: RotK

[Bun-Bun]

Too much wasted time on weepy crap. With that complaint, I still liked the film enough to recommend it to a friend, although, Nico, your easy chair approach has much merit. They don't serve beer in American theatres, sad to say.

Y'all need to come to Austin and the Alamo Drafthouse. Food is served to you as you watch, beer too, although that's not my tipple. There's one in Houston as well , if Austin's too far from Corpus.

I've seen ROTK three times now, and I must say it affected me more each time. My only quibbles were the oliphaunt dismount and, as you say, a bit on the weepy side for many characters. Still, one of the major themes is loss, so I suppose I can forgive PJ for bashing us about the head a bit.

My most memorable moments include the signal fires on the mountains, and the speech leading up to "Forth, Eorlingas!" Bernard Hill rules! The tavern scene at the end had a nice wordless commentary; you could see the separation that the four were feeling.

I rather hope the extended version explains more about Denethor's wackiness. I understood about the Palantir, but a Tolkien neophyte has every right to be confused.

One more nit: Merry and Pippin should have been quite a bit taller than Frodo and Sam after imbibing the Ent-draught. I didn't see any noticeable scale change on them.