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

[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.