[Orual]

I think that after the rollercoaster ride of the Two Towers (Whee! WHAT?? Whee! WHAT??) many of us are disillusioned and dismayed, but I have high hopes for the Return of the King. My only hesitation is that they left out SO much from the Two Towers, they'll have to squeeze all of RotK and a good two hundred pages out of TT into three hours. (Sounds like a long time, doesn't it? But it really isn't, I realize...) I really want to see Shelob, and I have no doubt that PJ can handle her quite well. I can't WAIT for Gandalf's showdown with Saruman, though I'm a little more worried about that. (I'm a bit of a worrywart.) I'm looking forward to Pippin and the Palantir, Faramir and Denethor, Merry, Eowyn, and the Ringwraith, and the destruction of the Ring. And I almost cry when I realize that I've still a year to wait until I see Sam carry Frodo up Mount Doom--I have such utter faith in Sean Astin to do a perfect job that I'm on pins and needles waiting for what I think are some of Sam's finest moments.<P>Return of the King will rock. I have no doubt. The Two Towers was a bit disappointing, but it's the least like the book of any of the movies according to PJ (and he ought to know), so we shouldn't worry. When do we start the countdown?<P>~*~Orual~*~