in which there is tired bliss.
Dec. 14th, 2007 08:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
i'd forgotten how nice it is to sit and relax after a long day; having given three massages, shared cookies and coffee with best friend, run three miles, and taken a long, hot, shower... with peppermint soap!
it's nice to be able to idly read email and livejournal, chat, and watch Lord of the Rings (i caught my mom watching it when i came upstairs from shower).
yay being home. :)
it's nice to be able to idly read email and livejournal, chat, and watch Lord of the Rings (i caught my mom watching it when i came upstairs from shower).
yay being home. :)
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Date: 2007-12-15 02:39 am (UTC)Legolas, still the prettiest!
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Date: 2007-12-15 02:46 am (UTC)dare i admit a soft spot for Aragorn?
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:20 am (UTC)(If I'm not making you giggle, then you really need to go read the The Very Secret Diaries!)
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 03:37 am (UTC)And Boromir totally redeems himself just before he dies in the movie.
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:44 am (UTC)lego'lass' has nuff tweens obsessed with him
*i don't happen to be a sword and board fighter at all
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 03:25 pm (UTC)redemption?
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:42 pm (UTC)that bow shot dowels not arrows
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:47 pm (UTC)still, would have been better had he grabbed the hobbits and RAN. well, better in a "they all live" way, not a "dramatic" way. *wry look*
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 03:25 pm (UTC)although, i do agree the actor who plays him is cute. ;)
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Date: 2007-12-15 04:06 pm (UTC)Besides, as lunchboxcomiks pointed out, more dramatic that way. =P
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Date: 2007-12-15 04:15 pm (UTC)all forward to the great abyss. ;)
(and his brother, Faramir, resists - moreso in the book than in the movie, which annoyed me no end. IMHO, the point of the Ring was that some personality types would become corrupted by its presence easier than others... those who desired power over love. the hobbits aren't affected. even Pippin, who's an idiot, is only ensnared in the paladir through his curiousity. its a case of any personality trait becoming master over the others...)
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Date: 2007-12-15 06:24 pm (UTC)And Boromir redeems himself in the only way that he could. He was one of those who truly exemplified the idea of "Live by the sword, die by the sword." Faramir could resist the lure because he was more well rounded, and thus he could see the danger that his brother could not.
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Date: 2007-12-17 01:32 pm (UTC)silly me. ;)
as far as "even Frodo" falling, who else could have carried that ring INTO MORDOR (into Hell) and STILL managed to remain uncorrupted until the very last second?
those who valued "good food and cheer" over power and glory (words from the book) were the one who could resist wanting the Ring the longest. it was the central theme.
which is why i didn't like Boromir. it took him until death's door to see what was important. i blame his dad ;)
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:28 pm (UTC)(have read)
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Date: 2007-12-15 02:48 am (UTC)we'd eat christmas cookies and drink cocoa and i wouldn't be alone tonight, missing someone i just shouldn't even be thinking about.
*sigh*
Awww...
Date: 2007-12-17 06:48 pm (UTC)And to jump a few replies, my favorite Liv Tyler was in One Night at McCool's.
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Date: 2007-12-15 05:18 am (UTC)I'll probably be introducing my dad to the movies this week; I think he will like them. And I'm in your corner when it comes to Aragorn. He is unquestionably my crush from those movies. Legolas- or Boromir, sorry- they don't stand a chance.
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:27 pm (UTC)but Legolas, surprisingly, just does NOT do it for me. at ALL.
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 03:49 pm (UTC)i'm a pretty cut-rate elf myself. i suppose i make a better faery. :D
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Date: 2007-12-15 03:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 04:04 pm (UTC)Elron and Galadriel. Legolas. Arwen. Haldir. Orophin and Rumil. Heck, even Figwit.
They are just as I imagined them. Tall, blonde, impossibly beautiful. Feirce warriors. Makers of beautiful things. I love Elron's house in Rivendell. I want my bedroom to look like the one Frodo wakes up in. Arwen's gowns are so beautiful. Galadriel even has stars in her eyes.
*happy sigh*
I love elves.
Yes, I am a pervy elf fancier. ;-)
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Date: 2007-12-15 04:10 pm (UTC);)
seriously, i adored the CGI buildings. just... seeing The Agent as Elrond did not do it for me. and Liv Tyler? not the choice i would have made. Cate was the only one i thought came close... and only because they shot her in such soft focus much of the time.
what can i say... i think i expected something more exotic... maybe even with an Asian cast to the features.
maybe it's a weird racial memory trace? *LMAO*
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Date: 2007-12-15 04:18 pm (UTC)And I think Liv Tyler is a hottie, so again, that casting choice didn't bother me in the least.
And some people grump about Orlando Bloom, but physically, he is an elf. The boy was so graceful throughout the movie. And his archery! There are generally two types of archery in Hollywood movies. The William Tell hero shot (shoot the arrow off the head, shoot and split the arrow in the target, etc.) or the mass of arrows at the beginning of a battle (think Braveheart). The thing I remember most from my first viewing of LOTR was that Legolas has a bit in that final battle where he shoots four arrows in a row (and I think in the extended DVD it is actually SIX in a row!). I remember walking out of the theater and going, wow, finally a movie where someone actually shoots a bow.
OK, I'm just being a complete geek now.
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Date: 2007-12-15 04:52 pm (UTC)i feal i should state that legolas is a great exaple of an and elven archer/dex fighter, actually the casting of the movie was flawless in my mind who else could tell the story of the dwarfs gust my being there side from John Reese Davis. it also helped that he and the hobbits where the the right hight proportionally.
im hoping there will be a hobbit movie cause i hear there are quite a few dwarfs in it
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Date: 2007-12-15 10:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-16 05:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 04:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-15 03:53 pm (UTC)Darth Vader, on the other hand, i mean - c'mon... it's James Earl Jones. that's cheating. that's voice-activated dampness. ;)
(and thank you *blush*)
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Date: 2007-12-15 04:08 pm (UTC)Um, I mean, they're bad.
That didn't come out quite right either.
*pouts*
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Date: 2007-12-15 04:34 pm (UTC)armored trolls are made of win