Just give me a movie with swords

[Lush]

I don't know if Peter Jackson's trilogy impacted what I enjoy. I think it definitely reinforced my overall status as a fangirl of epics. These are uneven movies to be sure, but even that adds to the enjoyment these days - I smile at the good parts and make fun of the bad parts. It's a win-win.

Swords are pretty, but it's the structuring of the story being told that appeals to me. I think I like the LotR movies for the same reasons that I like Star Trek - and Star Trek is about as swordless as a cloakroom at a bingo hall.

It's about lots of things - escapism, fairy tale, Homeric poetry, and so on.

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Lush

and Star Trek is about as swordless as a cloakroom at a bingo hall.

Agreed. Although I do recall that Picard was quite adept at fencing.

I think swordplay comes and goes. I mean, for awhile Errol Flynn was quite the swashbuckler. Tastes in movies change. I suspect, though, that an argument could be made that Narnia would not have been filmed had LotR not been cinematised.

[Aiwendil]

and Star Trek is about as swordless as a cloakroom at a bingo hall.

Although I do recall that Picard was quite adept at fencing.

I remember him giving Sir Guy of Gisbourne quite a thrashing as well.

[Lush]

Oh, Picard was adept at so many things. He's the perfect man, innit? Bow chika bow wow.

Give me a minute to get back on that topic now...

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OK, am back.

I think you're right about Narnia, Beth. But then again, Harry Potter played a role there as well.

I think it's interesting how the LotR & Potter phenomenons have really fed off each other in the last decade. Not that Potter is, of course, a sword movie - but wants are pretty much magical swords, no?

Must do a gratuitous essay on that sometime (not wands and swords, but the whole symbiosis of Tolkien & Rowling in popular culture).

Might post link. Eventually. When I am not sick or busy.