Random LotR-stuff...
Agent Smith vs. The Fellowship of the Ring. Hey, it made me laugh. =D
Am rewatching FotR, which, I've realized to my horror, I haven't watched in months. Am at the "Frodo wakes up in Rivendell"-part. Which means, of course, that Boromir will be introduced soon enough. XD And, you know, have watched RotK more than once, and my assessment of it the first time I watched it still holds. It's a much better movie, but FotR? Is still my favorite of the three. I think it's because my favorite thing in the whole story is the Fellowship as a whole, the relationships and interactions between them and all that, and that's obviously what we get in FotR. (It'd be kinda hard to get the Fellowship as a whole in the other two movies...)
*pauses because Boromir's on screen*
Anyway. Speaking of Boromir (why, yes, I can talk about him at the drop of a hat *grins*), I would never have thought that he'd become my absolute favorite character in the trilogy when I watched FotR for the first time. (Yes, I'm one of those ebil movie-before-book fans =p) Heeh, I remember when he dropped the shard of Narsil, the following conversation occured between me and my brother (who hasn't read the book and doesn't plan to):
Brother: Bet you that he becomes a traitor in the end.
Me: Bet you that he betrays them, but redeems himself with his death.
And, of course, I just had to be right. *headdesk* It was actually through repeated viewings that Boromir became my favorite character; it wasn't a "love-at-first-sight" type of thing. Which, come to think of it, is the way I prefer it to be, since I don't believe in love-at-first-sight. =p And, really, it all pretty much goes down to Sean Bean's portrayal of him; the man's fucking amazing in the role. I argue with my two of my cousins a lot, both Orland Bloom/Legolas-lovers. To annoy them, my most used line is, "YEAH? WELL, Boromir does more in HALF a movie than Legolas does in ALL THREE!!!" (This is, of course, all in good fun, as their defense is, "DUDE! TRAITOR! Sean Bean's always the traitor! And he DIES!" And "Hmph, Boromir wasn't a real member of the Fellowship anyway." *grins*) And since the Troy casting, another oft-used line is: "And WHO got the part of the guy who lives to have a sequel? Let me see, NOT Orlando Bloom!" and then I cackle maniacally. *grins* It can actually get kind of crazy and rather loud, but it's fun.
And I think I should stop now, because I found myself writing a sentence that made absolutely no sense. LotR's on my brain so much these days that I can't think properly...-_-
Am rewatching FotR, which, I've realized to my horror, I haven't watched in months. Am at the "Frodo wakes up in Rivendell"-part. Which means, of course, that Boromir will be introduced soon enough. XD And, you know, have watched RotK more than once, and my assessment of it the first time I watched it still holds. It's a much better movie, but FotR? Is still my favorite of the three. I think it's because my favorite thing in the whole story is the Fellowship as a whole, the relationships and interactions between them and all that, and that's obviously what we get in FotR. (It'd be kinda hard to get the Fellowship as a whole in the other two movies...)
*pauses because Boromir's on screen*
Anyway. Speaking of Boromir (why, yes, I can talk about him at the drop of a hat *grins*), I would never have thought that he'd become my absolute favorite character in the trilogy when I watched FotR for the first time. (Yes, I'm one of those ebil movie-before-book fans =p) Heeh, I remember when he dropped the shard of Narsil, the following conversation occured between me and my brother (who hasn't read the book and doesn't plan to):
Brother: Bet you that he becomes a traitor in the end.
Me: Bet you that he betrays them, but redeems himself with his death.
And, of course, I just had to be right. *headdesk* It was actually through repeated viewings that Boromir became my favorite character; it wasn't a "love-at-first-sight" type of thing. Which, come to think of it, is the way I prefer it to be, since I don't believe in love-at-first-sight. =p And, really, it all pretty much goes down to Sean Bean's portrayal of him; the man's fucking amazing in the role. I argue with my two of my cousins a lot, both Orland Bloom/Legolas-lovers. To annoy them, my most used line is, "YEAH? WELL, Boromir does more in HALF a movie than Legolas does in ALL THREE!!!" (This is, of course, all in good fun, as their defense is, "DUDE! TRAITOR! Sean Bean's always the traitor! And he DIES!" And "Hmph, Boromir wasn't a real member of the Fellowship anyway." *grins*) And since the Troy casting, another oft-used line is: "And WHO got the part of the guy who lives to have a sequel? Let me see, NOT Orlando Bloom!" and then I cackle maniacally. *grins* It can actually get kind of crazy and rather loud, but it's fun.
And I think I should stop now, because I found myself writing a sentence that made absolutely no sense. LotR's on my brain so much these days that I can't think properly...-_-