Just back from LOTR (finally!)

[Anne <urbana@charter.net>]

My DH and I just got back from LOTR-TTT (yes, I know we're over a 
month late seeing it ... we've had a serious baby-sitter shortage 
recently and finally found a new sitter :-) Just a few comments:

Legolas to Aragorn at Helm's Deep: "You're late... and you look 
terrible" (holy S**T, I saw that online somewhere and thought it was 
a put-on. So when I heard him say that, I laughed out loud :-)

Aragorn -- Seriously, seriously *Siriusly* DEAD-SEXY :D yeah, I know, 
Gary Oldman's got the part, but damn!! That Viggo Mortenson is 
FIIIINE. <fans self>

Gandalf the White -- KICKS EXTREME BUTT!! Not much screen time, but 
Sir Ian makes the most of what he's got. (I still think he'd make an 
awesome Dumbledore...)

Gimli - great comic relief. 

The Ents -- hmmmm.... very very tall.... and very verrrrry sloooow... 
great bowlers, though...

Gollum/Smeagol... wow... creepy, disturbing, pathetic, heart-
rending ... I'm still processing that one.

The Uruk'Hai -- about the nastiest crypto-humanoids I've ever seen. 
And just as ugly as in FOTR.

Samwise Gamgee -- really earning his nickname, Samwise the Brave.

And last but not least, Frodo, who seemed like he was on an acid trip 
at least during the second half of the movie. Poor kid, that ring is 
really burning a hole in his brain :-( 

Okay, NOW I can go back and read all those LOTR posts from before 
Christmas :-)

Anne U
(wondering if the Dementors are descended from the Ring Wraiths...)