Run, You Fools

[Guest guest]

I'm happy to report my wife and I blew off the stuffy dinner party and

instead went to see THE TWO TOWERS again. That is such a magnificent

movie. It's the shortest three hours I can think of, and how we can wait

a year for the conclusion is beyond me.

 

And please note, I've read The Lord of the Rings a dozen times or so. It'

s not that I don't know how it turns out, but instead eagerness to see how

they envision it. So far they have exceeded my hopes; Peter Jackson is to

be hailed, rightfully, as brilliant for having made this spectacular suite

of movies.

 

I had the privilege of sitting near a teenaged couple who evidently hadn't

seen the film before and hadn't read the book, but had watched THE

FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING many times. They understood things, and knew the

characters. I say privileged because the girl especially gasped and was

amazed at all the right places, and marvelled and cried at all the right

places, too.

 

Incredible film.

 

 

On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 06:31 PM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> Sage Advice

>

> Lovely recipe; I'm advocating we try this tonight. Oh, wait, tomorrow

> night -- tonight we have some company holiday dinner thingie at the

> Botanical Gardens. *sigh* They promise us weirdo vegetarians " spinach

> crepes " . One can but wonder, and I'll report back, if I'm not

> hospitalized.

>

>

The cardinals' rhetoric, righteous in style but often self-serving in

content, seems like a metaphor for too much of the behavior we've seen

from American religious, political and business leaders alike since the

nation's supposed moral turning point of Sept. 11.

[Guest guest]

The Stewarts <stews9@c...> wrote:

 

> I'm happy to report my wife and I blew off the stuffy dinner party and

 

> instead went to see THE TWO TOWERS again. That is such a magnificent

> movie. It's the shortest three hours I can think of, and how we can

wait

> a year for the conclusion is beyond me.

 

I watched this movie tonite too (a promotional copy that a friend burned

onto VCD for us, so I got to watch it in the comfort of my house instead

of an uncomfortable movie theater seats TtG).

 

Run indeed - in the opposite direction, as fast as you can. What a

waste of time. It was free, and I paid too much (my time is worth

something, afterall). Even sitting curled up with the bf playing with

my hair didn't help. The scenery was pretty (especially that HOT HOT

HOT Aragorn character *grin*), but other than that, I couldn't find a

single thing in it to recommend anyone see. The bf, who's a HUGE

Tolkein fan said it was " ok " , but he didn't expect much from it to begin

with as he said this was the least enjoyable book of the three by far.

The storyline was confusing and difficult to follow, the " battles " were

tedious and predictable, and the effects were mediocre at best. There

was no sense of resolution, but nothing to make me want to see the next

installment either. And omg it dragged on and on.

 

> Incredible film.

 

Incredible waste of celluloid. IMNSHO, of course. Tomorrow we see MY

choice of movie - XXX with Vin Deisel. Woo hooo!

 

Funny how tastes differ, hm? Like everything else in life, though, if

everyone was like me I'd probably be horribly bored. I'm glad you

enjoyed it Gene.

 

--

Sherri

 

 

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ha! I loved the The Two Towers, but also know people who hated it--which I

can't grasp. But you're right, it takes all types. For the most part I

seem to always love movies other people absolutely hate (i.e. Solaris and

Eyes Wide Shut), and detest movies other people think were great (i.e.

American Beauty and Independence Day). I blame those who market films a lot

of the time for movies that are panned--often they target the wrong

audience, which is what happened with Solaris. It was marketed as a love

story which it absolutely was not. When I saw the commercials for it I was

extremely annoyed because I love that book and couldn't believe it was being

pawned off as a love story. No wonder audiences hated it--they were there

for a mushy tear-jerker and instead got a very esoteric and philosophical

conundrum. Which if you are a geek like me is preferable to a mushy

tear-jerker any day.

 

 

Sherri [sherria]

Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:03 AM

 

Re: Run, You Fools

 

 

The Stewarts <stews9@c...> wrote:

 

> I'm happy to report my wife and I blew off the stuffy dinner party and

 

> instead went to see THE TWO TOWERS again. That is such a magnificent

> movie. It's the shortest three hours I can think of, and how we can

wait

> a year for the conclusion is beyond me.

 

I watched this movie tonite too (a promotional copy that a friend burned

onto VCD for us, so I got to watch it in the comfort of my house instead of

an uncomfortable movie theater seats TtG).

 

Run indeed - in the opposite direction, as fast as you can. What a waste of

time. It was free, and I paid too much (my time is worth something,

afterall). Even sitting curled up with the bf playing with my hair didn't

help. The scenery was pretty (especially that HOT HOT HOT Aragorn character

*grin*), but other than that, I couldn't find a single thing in it to

recommend anyone see. The bf, who's a HUGE Tolkein fan said it was " ok " ,

but he didn't expect much from it to begin with as he said this was the

least enjoyable book of the three by far. The storyline was confusing and

difficult to follow, the " battles " were tedious and predictable, and the

effects were mediocre at best. There was no sense of resolution, but

nothing to make me want to see the next installment either. And omg it

dragged on and on.

 

> Incredible film.

 

Incredible waste of celluloid. IMNSHO, of course. Tomorrow we see MY

choice of movie - XXX with Vin Deisel. Woo hooo!

 

Funny how tastes differ, hm? Like everything else in life, though, if

everyone was like me I'd probably be horribly bored. I'm glad you enjoyed

it Gene.

 

--

Sherri

 

 

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.