move me!

Yay! Yesterday I saw a movie in an actual movie theater, for the first time since before Isaac was born. The movie, of course, was ROTK.

As a non-Tolkein-fan, I'm more interested in the LOTR story as historical artifact (template upon which thousands of scifi/fantasy stories have been based) and fandom phenomenon than for itself, but I still found the movies engaging. My mom, the dedicated Tolkein fan since her childhood, had more of an emotional investment in them, and she liked the first movie best. She thought the second was ehh and, as far as I can tell, thought that ROTK was lame.

Anyway, ( this is not so much a review as a humorous enumeration of the things that occurred to me during the movie. )

I'm sure there's more, but that covers the main points. ;)

For my first moviegoing experience in over six months it was mostly a success, although I must say that I was highly irritated by the pre-movie entertainment. I cannot in any way condone the number of product commercials being shown before a movie -- a concept I am firmly against -- and as for the previews of upcoming movies, there wasn't a single one that failed to be lame. Usually there's at least *one* that makes you go "ooh, I wanna see that," but not this time. Hmf.

oh yeah

I remembered another thing I wanted to say about Eowyn and her big scene.
( follow me behind the cut tag... )

I've been having a lot of fun reading the "trivia" sections of the IMDb listings for the LOTR movies. Lots of interesting tidbits there. I'm especially amused by the people who turned down roles -- e.g. Daniel Day-Lewis as Aragorn. Bet they're kicking themselves now! ;)