The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

[butterfly]

Firstly, a message for lasultrix -- I just received the first dvd in the Stargate series via netflix. I'll let you know what I think of the series.

So, I broke down and bought The Return of the King on widescreen dvd. With the other two parts, I waited for the extended versions, but with tRotK I just... couldn't.

I've watched the 'supertrailer' (which contains delicious snippets that I do hope will be on the extended version) but haven't yet watched the movie. It almost seems too much for home viewing.

Oh, oh, it's all so beautiful in the trailer. Frodo and Sam and Arwen (*holds fierce, bright torch for Arwen*) and Pippin and everyone. So, so beautiful.

*shivers*

I've never loved a movie like this, because I've never had time. There just isn't a chance get to know characters in a movie as well as in a series. But with tLotR, the time is there. I've spent hours watching these characters. I know them. I know them.

My worlds, bright and beautiful in their splendor, sparkle with love and hope. "It's worth fighting for." In the three universes that I love most, this is a thing undisputed. There are things, ideas, people that are worth fighting for, whatever that means to each person. Benton Fraser fights for justice with red serge and absolute trust. Angel fights through blood and night and despair, because hope exists. Buffy fights with faith in her convictions and truths that the world can be made better. And Frodo fights for the Shire, for peace, for a world that he knows he'll never be able to go back to.

They all fight in their own ways, but they all fight. And not alone.

Hope. Faith. Peace. Justice.

There are things worth fighting for.

Comments

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

yeees!

PS I shall remind you (a) that Daniel SAVED JACK FROM SUICIDE in the film, and (b) that 1x03 is considered to be the worst episode in the entire series and still isn't that bad and that you shouldn't judge the rest of it by that.

Ooh, and Widget wrote a quick SG/DS crossover which I'll use to lure you into SGfic.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm debating on whether trying to finish my WttH rewatch (did I mention that I'm at 2,500 words only seventeen minutes in? Buffy just started going off on Giles at the library -- where I got off on a tangent about what the Watcher's Council version of the Slayer speech says about their bias against Slayers) or watching the Stargate premiere episode (I can't watch tRotK yet, too big).

(a) Daniel's the cute one with glasses that reminds me of Crichton, yes? Also, aww... that's sweet.

(b) I will definitely keep that in mind.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Bunnies! Bunnies are worth fighting for!
Even Anya likes bunnies really!
(She said so at "Fusion")

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Bunnies can take care of themselves, thus says Oz.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Oz was just trying to make Willow feel better.
To be fair, my bunny (Mr Spock) does chase cats, but he's an exceptionally large bunny and has to look after his love bunny Jemima (Jim!).

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's total cuteness.

[imation23.livejournal.com]

(*holds fierce, bright torch for Arwen*)

Right there with you. I'm actually holding out for the EE, just because. *sigh*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Arwen! I *heart* her, with the vision and the clothes and the faith and hope that she carries with her.

I need to make myself an Arwen icon, I think.

[sperrywink]

Having a movie series does help create a love-affair. In the first movie, I was one of those people who couldn't tell Merry and Pippin apart and it wasn't until RotK that my appreciation of Merry and Pippin completely bloomed. (no pun intended... or at least no pun ORIGINALLY intended)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Having a movie series does help create a love-affair. In the first movie, I was one of those people who couldn't tell Merry and Pippin apart and it wasn't until RotK that my appreciation of Merry and Pippin completely bloomed. (no pun intended... or at least no pun ORIGINALLY intended)

I couldn't either, first time in! They were just the two comic relief hobbits at first. But now, rewatching them now, it's so hard to imagine not knowing them apart -- their accents, their faces, the way they move and act are all so distinct, yet I didn't see it at first.