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Dec. 19th, 2001 04:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geekchickSo...LotR.
Long. Very long. Three hours. It doesn't seem that bad though, Harry Potter seemed longer. Maybe that's because I'd read the Harry Potter book and knew what was coming next, while I haven't really read more than the smallest bit of "The Lord of the Rings" because Tolkien's writing bores me near to tears. There go a few geek points. Maybe I'll try to slog through it again...I mean, I even managed to finish and like "Cryptonomicon" the second time I picked it up and that story wasn't nearly as potentially interesting. Lots and lots of people there, not sold out, but a theater nearly full of people who obviously took the afternoon off work to go indulge their inner fantasy geek. Beautiful movie. Agent Smith as an elf, weird. Ian McKellen is Perfect, naturally. Viggo Mortensen, that's all I need to say about that. Even the Nazgul's horse was creepy. It's probably just me, but the guy who played Bilbo reminded me of nothing more than a diminuitive Dr. Who (physically, not otherwise).
If you're wondering if the movie will hold up to someone who has never read the book, then the answer is yes, although if you've been under a rock for your entire life and don't generally know the plot and that there are two more to go, it probably won't be as enjoyable.
I still get amused by the required boilerplate at the end of these movies, about how all characters in the movie are fictional and any resemblance to any person living or dead is unintentional. There are those out there though who might need reminding that it's FICTION.
Long. Very long. Three hours. It doesn't seem that bad though, Harry Potter seemed longer. Maybe that's because I'd read the Harry Potter book and knew what was coming next, while I haven't really read more than the smallest bit of "The Lord of the Rings" because Tolkien's writing bores me near to tears. There go a few geek points. Maybe I'll try to slog through it again...I mean, I even managed to finish and like "Cryptonomicon" the second time I picked it up and that story wasn't nearly as potentially interesting. Lots and lots of people there, not sold out, but a theater nearly full of people who obviously took the afternoon off work to go indulge their inner fantasy geek. Beautiful movie. Agent Smith as an elf, weird. Ian McKellen is Perfect, naturally. Viggo Mortensen, that's all I need to say about that. Even the Nazgul's horse was creepy. It's probably just me, but the guy who played Bilbo reminded me of nothing more than a diminuitive Dr. Who (physically, not otherwise).
If you're wondering if the movie will hold up to someone who has never read the book, then the answer is yes, although if you've been under a rock for your entire life and don't generally know the plot and that there are two more to go, it probably won't be as enjoyable.
I still get amused by the required boilerplate at the end of these movies, about how all characters in the movie are fictional and any resemblance to any person living or dead is unintentional. There are those out there though who might need reminding that it's FICTION.