"I know, I'll just call upon those deus ex machina birds from The Lord of The Rings movies!"
YES!!! I have now FINALLY seen all three Lord of the Rings films! And now I finally get that Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged quote I put in this post's title! I'd seen Fellowship and Towers years ago, but I hardly remembered them, and I never saw Return of the King. So when TNT announced they were showing ALL THREE MOVIES IN A SINGLE WEEKEND, I was like "YES
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I love how modern LOTR is, even though the original books were written ages ago. And the movies stayed really true to the books too- I love how even though there aren't that many female characters, they're all really strong. You don't have a single whimpering, weak damsel in distress in there.
I also love how LOTR is fantasy, but without having it shoved in your face. There aren't any talking lions, and spells aren't used to solve every single problem, but it is still clearly fantasy. There are spells and mythical creatures and immortality, but it's not so much "ZOMG WE'RE MAGICAL!!!" as "Yeah, I'm immortal... so? I'm an elf, what do you expect?"
Ooh, also, also- I love how there's actually depth to it. It's one of the few modern works with real symbolism in it- like how the Ring is a metaphor for drug use. No matter how strong you are, if you keep using it, you will eventually need it.
And also how so much of it came from J.R.R. Tolkien's real life- for example, he was a fighter in WWI in France, and while he was fighting in the trenches against the Germans, he and his fellow soldiers would shout "THEY SHALL NOT PASS!!" Sound familiar?
And, and... wait. I really do need to stop here... but yeah. They're awesome. And I could go on for ages... but I shouldn't. I have homework I'm supposed to be doing and all... XD
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