Turkey day gone

[valis2]

Just eating leftovers and getting ready to pack up a bunch of eBay things.

I had a wonderful time with my parents and sister over Thanksgiving, despite the naughty snow, which made driving a bit difficult. We ended up watching all three of the LotR extended versions, though we had to leave off midway through RotK, just didn't have enough time. Still, it was wonderful to view them again. I must say, the first time I saw the movies, I was quite into Frodo/Sam's journey, but, just like when I reread the books, repeated viewings aren't the same, and I find myself wanting to fast forward sometimes during their scenes. Yes, it's beautiful, haunting, and amazing, but for some reason I find myself much more absorbed in the other plotlines.

We also went to see "Walk the Line", which was quite good. Only thing is, I'm not a Cash fan. It must be difficult to make a movie like that and balance it between fans and non-fans. The musical numbers had my sister and my parents giddy, but I was only half into them, because I only recognized two songs. So it was an interesting portrait of an interesting person, but at the same time, my sister kept having to nudge me to tell me who people were, because I was having difficulty figuring it out. I'm certain that it would have been greatly enhanced if I were a fan of fifties music, but I'm not, so seeing Elvis interact with him wasn't really anything special for me, though the audience was whispering excitedly. So I have to say that while I completely can see that it was a good film, I won't ever watch it again. Not my cup o' tea.

It was great watching the LotR movies with the family. At one point, when the flock of crows is trying to find the Fellowship, we were laughing about how they went back to Saruman:

Saruman: "Where is the Fellowship now?"
Crows: "Fellowship? What's that?"
Saruman: "The league of nine I told you to find!"
Crows: "Huh...nope, didn't see them. But there was this pie on the windowsill at Bree...it was so tasty..."

During the rest of the movies there was much made of crows seeking apple pie. There are crows calling in the background of many scenes, and I would say, "Caw! Pie!"

There was even a crow checking out an ashtray in Walk the Line. "Darn! No pie!"

I guess you had to be there.

Comments

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

Me too! I'm very glad they filmed the Houses of Healing and Eowyn parts. Faramir is very yummy, although not as much out of character as in. Keep on the armor, please!

Sean Bean is quite impressive as Boromir. All of this makes me want to re-watch these soon. I think the weekend has some heavy-duty LotR in store for me!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I have a bit of sadness in how his role was re-written...I wish they had kept the utterly noble man who could resist the ring completely. In the book Frodo is nearly immediately drawn into his confidence.

But movie!Faramir is so delicious...damnit...they knew how to get me involved...cast a hawt guy. I'm so shallow at heart. ;)

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

The casting agents definitely knew how to get our attention on Faramir. Yum. I agree with your lament that he was a stronger character in the books, and I wish they had written that in. However, I understand that they wanted to milk his moments with Frodo for all the dramatic tension they were worth, so making him not quite so trustworthy made sense in that respect. But still, blegh.