12-26-2003, 10:46 AM
It was very good.
SPOILERS:
Gollam is a real bastard. In the first two I thought he was kind of cute and funny sometimes, but this one made me want to kill him. I know he's got a problem and it's not totally his fault, just as a drug addict can't be 100% to blame if he gets violent to get more drugs (though I'm not saying addicts aren't to blame at all, but it's a special situation, in my opinion).
That scene near the end ranks as one of the gayest scenes I've ever seen in a movie. I mean, it was nice and funny and all that but damn, I almost wanted to laugh at it, just because it was so silly. Leaving the theater, a friend of mine made a remark about the "strange" relationship between Merry and Pippen, but what struck me was the relationship between Frodo and Sam. They're not gay, and their love for each other is a model for what love between true friends should be, but wow... Sam braving death to rescue Frodo from being raped in bondage by a bunch of orcs (you know that's what they had planned!) is about as romantic as you can get.
Great movie. I was never totally into either of the first two but I think they were both very good, and this one was a great finish, unlike another trilogy that came to an end this year :?
SPOILERS:
Gollam is a real bastard. In the first two I thought he was kind of cute and funny sometimes, but this one made me want to kill him. I know he's got a problem and it's not totally his fault, just as a drug addict can't be 100% to blame if he gets violent to get more drugs (though I'm not saying addicts aren't to blame at all, but it's a special situation, in my opinion).
That scene near the end ranks as one of the gayest scenes I've ever seen in a movie. I mean, it was nice and funny and all that but damn, I almost wanted to laugh at it, just because it was so silly. Leaving the theater, a friend of mine made a remark about the "strange" relationship between Merry and Pippen, but what struck me was the relationship between Frodo and Sam. They're not gay, and their love for each other is a model for what love between true friends should be, but wow... Sam braving death to rescue Frodo from being raped in bondage by a bunch of orcs (you know that's what they had planned!) is about as romantic as you can get.
Great movie. I was never totally into either of the first two but I think they were both very good, and this one was a great finish, unlike another trilogy that came to an end this year :?