Monday, January 19, 2004  

I saw Return of the King again today because the rest of my family hadn't seen it, and afterwards I watched The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time in over a year (since the DVD came out, actually). It's good to see it again and see how it all began. I remember thinking that the intro was overly long in Fellowship; the overly-long ending to Return of the King balances it out. And even though all three movies were filmed at the same time, there's just something.. different... about all the characters. Frodo and Sam somehow look younger, and Aragorn looks somehow thinner and less imposing and regal.

Of course there's also the things you've forgotten about in the two year span between the trilogy, aspects of the story forgotten, links and scenes and nods... such a great set of films. I can't wait for the Extended DVD of Return of the King -- I have to watch them all together.

Posted at 5:17 AM

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