Day & LotR
Dec. 15th, 2004 03:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalSo I bought the RotK EE on the way to work today. And glancing at the box repeatedly all day made work SO much more enjoyable! I didn't even need coffee- that woke me right up! *G* The fact that I got it for a fantastic price at Walmart certainly didn't hurt any, either.
So all day I was excited about it. And the drive home I must have giggled a half dozen times in expectation. I had my whole night planned out- taping shows so I could watch it un-interrupted, dinner in-between disks, etc.
But when I got home, I learned my sister had been robbed at school today during class. Someone took money from her purse (which she left unattended on her desk). So I spent an hour trying to explain to her the difference between being paranoid and being aware, and the importance of not being taken advantage of as a young woman. She's a VERY trusting person (which is strange, considering her recent suspicions that she was sexually abused as a child) and is just now coming to terms with the fact that not everyone in the world (or everyone around her at school, for example) have the same moral codes. She can't understand how people can NOT care for others, or NOT want to help others out before themselves. So it took a long time to try and explain my whole outlook on life to her, and try to get her to realize that not EVERYONE is evil. Just because there are bad people out there who don't care about others doesn't mean there aren't good people out there who do care about others. Doesn't mean all bad people are completely bad, either. Just means there are bad people out there and you can find ways to love and trust and care without leaving yourself open to the bad out there.
Doesn't help that about 15 teens have been killed in drunk driving accidents in the last month or so. Or that two people in her school in her grade level have committed suicide since September (at least one, if not both, was drug-related). She's got a lot to talk to her shrink about this week, I think. But at least it was just money. She wasn't hurt, and her license/cards are still there. She told the teacher and one of the school security officers was called over and everything... but the person (and she knows which guy it was who took the money) wouldn't confess.
After all this, RotK seemed a heck of a lot less important. LOL! But I watched it and enjoyed every minute of it. At about 80% of the new scenes I exclamed "This! This is my favorite scene in the whole movie now!" until the next new moment of footage came on and I'd say the same thing again. And that went on for pretty much the whole movie, of course. And, of course, there are tiny little details that- ehhh- I wasn't perfectly happy with. But I'd be happy with a 20-hour movie so I don't think perfect happiness is going to happen for me. Which is good because I get evil when I... oops, wrong fandom. Anyhoo, these are pretty much general comments... mentions scenes but not what happens in them. But stop reading NOW if you're wanting to be completely spoiler-free!!
The drinking game- LOVED! Am so glad I wasn't spoiled for it. All the extra hobbit-related moments were fantastic to me. And more Legolas & Gimli- some of it NOT just comic relief! That was great to see. The Paths of the Dead- I'm sooooo glad they put this in! I was terribly sad during the theatrical version at the lack of anything. And the moments after- I've been DYING to see that h/c ever since that Aragorn/Legolas photo came out pre-theatrical release. It did NOT disappoint me in the slightest. LOVED that. And the houses of healing- FANTASTIC! Just how I pictured it from reading it in the book (and you know I read that part over and over and over again). I was so overjoyed to see so much Éowyn and Faramir, finally! Really a fantastic movie. I'm very, very pleased with it. Wish I hadn't had to wait a month for it... but am VERY happy with it. Love it. Definitely my favorite of all three right now... though it's hard to choose. Yeah, all the h/c and moments that could go slashy so easily are fresh in my mind still... loved this movie. *sigh* So overall, I'm happy. When I'm not half asleep and when I want to get into actual spoilery details, I shall say more. But right now... sleep is good. I need some badly.
So all day I was excited about it. And the drive home I must have giggled a half dozen times in expectation. I had my whole night planned out- taping shows so I could watch it un-interrupted, dinner in-between disks, etc.
But when I got home, I learned my sister had been robbed at school today during class. Someone took money from her purse (which she left unattended on her desk). So I spent an hour trying to explain to her the difference between being paranoid and being aware, and the importance of not being taken advantage of as a young woman. She's a VERY trusting person (which is strange, considering her recent suspicions that she was sexually abused as a child) and is just now coming to terms with the fact that not everyone in the world (or everyone around her at school, for example) have the same moral codes. She can't understand how people can NOT care for others, or NOT want to help others out before themselves. So it took a long time to try and explain my whole outlook on life to her, and try to get her to realize that not EVERYONE is evil. Just because there are bad people out there who don't care about others doesn't mean there aren't good people out there who do care about others. Doesn't mean all bad people are completely bad, either. Just means there are bad people out there and you can find ways to love and trust and care without leaving yourself open to the bad out there.
Doesn't help that about 15 teens have been killed in drunk driving accidents in the last month or so. Or that two people in her school in her grade level have committed suicide since September (at least one, if not both, was drug-related). She's got a lot to talk to her shrink about this week, I think. But at least it was just money. She wasn't hurt, and her license/cards are still there. She told the teacher and one of the school security officers was called over and everything... but the person (and she knows which guy it was who took the money) wouldn't confess.
After all this, RotK seemed a heck of a lot less important. LOL! But I watched it and enjoyed every minute of it. At about 80% of the new scenes I exclamed "This! This is my favorite scene in the whole movie now!" until the next new moment of footage came on and I'd say the same thing again. And that went on for pretty much the whole movie, of course. And, of course, there are tiny little details that- ehhh- I wasn't perfectly happy with. But I'd be happy with a 20-hour movie so I don't think perfect happiness is going to happen for me. Which is good because I get evil when I... oops, wrong fandom. Anyhoo, these are pretty much general comments... mentions scenes but not what happens in them. But stop reading NOW if you're wanting to be completely spoiler-free!!
The drinking game- LOVED! Am so glad I wasn't spoiled for it. All the extra hobbit-related moments were fantastic to me. And more Legolas & Gimli- some of it NOT just comic relief! That was great to see. The Paths of the Dead- I'm sooooo glad they put this in! I was terribly sad during the theatrical version at the lack of anything. And the moments after- I've been DYING to see that h/c ever since that Aragorn/Legolas photo came out pre-theatrical release. It did NOT disappoint me in the slightest. LOVED that. And the houses of healing- FANTASTIC! Just how I pictured it from reading it in the book (and you know I read that part over and over and over again). I was so overjoyed to see so much Éowyn and Faramir, finally! Really a fantastic movie. I'm very, very pleased with it. Wish I hadn't had to wait a month for it... but am VERY happy with it. Love it. Definitely my favorite of all three right now... though it's hard to choose. Yeah, all the h/c and moments that could go slashy so easily are fresh in my mind still... loved this movie. *sigh* So overall, I'm happy. When I'm not half asleep and when I want to get into actual spoilery details, I shall say more. But right now... sleep is good. I need some badly.
