[Orual]

First, I'd like to say that I agree with Child about Faramir. I laughed when I read your post, because I'd been calling Faramir Boromir the Second all day!<P>Now, let me try to organize my post into levels of how much I liked various parts.<P>LOVED to death...<BR>1. The conies scene. I almost cried with joy when it came on; I adored that part in the book. Hee hee, they even kept "Po-ta-toes!" Made me a happy hobbit.<BR>2. Pippin and Merry. All of their stuff. There wasn't HALF enough of them. If PJ did one thing right in this movie, it was the two of them. They really grew up, and it was just wonderful.<BR>3. Gollum. Yay! Although some of his scenes were kind of...frankly...amusing (and weren't supposed to be). Everybody in the theatre was laughing (including me, to my shame) when he was arguing with himself and it kept changing angles. I much prefered the one where they didn't change angles. But overall, Gollum ROCKED.<BR>4. Sam. Just because he's Sam. But seriously, Sean Astin was incredible. The only time I cried was during his speech...something about how can the world recover, when everything is covered in shadow, and my friend (dressed as Frodo; I was Sam) and I were both dissolving into little sad puddles. Thank God for Sean! Yay!<BR>5. The scene where Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas are looking for Merry and Pippin, and Gimli finds Pippin's belt...I was very close to crying when Aragorn loses it.<BR>6. Frodo's Sting speech to Gollum. Short, but almost directly from the book, no?<P>LIKED...<BR>1. Most of Helm's Deep. Quite nice.<BR>2. Grima. Very nice, but there was something missing, I don't know what...<BR>3. Gimli and Legolas. A little shallow, but at least they were obviously friends this time.<BR>4. Aragorn. Where was Narsil? He did show authority this time, though!<P>ER...not bad...<BR>1. The Ents. Okay, Wizard of Oz flashbacks here, no? Weird. I wasn't overly fond of them.<BR>2. Frodo. Elijah Wood's acting was impeccable, but he just wasn't quite Frodo, was he? Kept yelling at Sam. My poor Sam.<BR>3. Haldir. I have to admit, I didn't cry when he died. I won't really miss him. I didn't like him. But the guy who played him did a good job; it wasn't his fault that the character was rather a jerk. (I mean, honestly..."You carry a great evil with you. You can come no further." What the...?)<P>What was THAT?????<BR>1. Faramir. What the HECK was up with him??????? Yes, Faramir, take the Ring to Gondor. Yes, Faramir, let's give everyone the impression that weakness to the Ring is genetic. Yes, Faramir, let's skew the storyline beyond recognition. (Yes, Faramir, you're hot, but that's beside the point.)<BR>2. Narsil. Where was it? Where?? WHERE???<BR>3. Arwen. She's not supposed to be there. Suppose she'll really leave? /hopeful look/<BR>4. Galadriel. Why don't the Elves leave well enough alone? I thought their time was over...<BR>5. The fact that they didn't include Pippin's "Gollum, gollum" line. What's up with that?<P>So, overall, I'd give it a "B". There's a lot to love, but a lot to dislike, as well. I preferred Fellowship, but I thought that the acting was better in TT. So...I will see it again, oh yes, precious. I will see it again.<P>~*~Orual~*~<P><I>There's good in the world, and it's worth fighting for! --Sam</I><p>[ December 18, 2002: Message edited by: Orual ]