An Orc-some exhibition

[Daisy Brambleburr]

I visited the exhibition earlier today, and although the tubes weren't working so we had to walk most of the way back to the train station (*total* nightmare, getting lost in London is never fun) the exhibition itself was great. <BR>My brother and I spent about an hour and a half in there altogether. My personal favorite parts were Boromir-in-a-boat, all the costumes and armor (it was great looking at them close up) and the load of prosthetic ears and feet. The video clips were great too, there was a lot of stuff that I hadn't seen, like Lurtz getting his 10-hour prosthetics done (and snoring very loudly ) and information on computer animation and set design. <BR>My only complaint is that it could have been spaced out a little more, because sometimes it was hard to get a good view and I kept on bumping into people. And we didn't get a hobbit photo done because the line was huuuge.<BR>So afterwards we go to the giftshop, and surprisingly I buy no movie merchandise. I was hoping for something Boromir-like, but all there was was a particularly evil head bobbing thing. Instead I went to the book shop and got 'the return of the shadow' and some John Howe posters. <BR>So all in all, a good day out (but from this day onwards I *hate* the underground with a passion).