The Bored of the Rings
last night after work i ate a burrito, half a quesadilla, and a butter caramel iced cappucino and then i felt very, very obese.
after that i went to see The Lord of the Rings musical and it was both amazing and boring at the same time. it was amazing because it truly was a spectacle. the stage was surrounded by leaves that were sprouting out onto the box seats and the ceiling, so that was cool. all of the sets were amazing, and the stage revolved and elevated to create a mountainous effect. the acting was pretty good, too, but the actor who played Gollum (i am not even sure i spelled the correctly; shows you how much of a fan of LOTR i truly am) was shockingly good. he was small and skinny and you'd think it was a little kid playing it except he had Gollum's movements down to a T, and the voice! it was so good. i swear my mouth was gaping whenever he was on stage because i was mesmerized. but the storyline as a whole was just kind of "ehn". mind you, i am not a fan of the fantasy genre and don't have much interest in LOTR, so it's not surprising that i wasn't too enthralled. TSM, who is a diehard LOTR fan, criticized the play for cutting out so much (it was a bit over 3 hours long in total, which is a far cry from the 12 hours of film or the three huge books!) and he thought a lot of the singing and dancing was Lame with a capital L.
overall, i give LOTR The Musical 2.5 stars out of 4. that is a pretty high score considering, but that is because i was drunk on mexican food.
oh, i almost forgot the best part! beforehand, we went to a Tim Hortons right near the theatre to get dessert (iced cappucino). i went to the washroom and who (or i guess i should say "what") was sitting near the washroom eating a tim hortons sandwich? A HOBBIT! or an elf. i am not sure. but he was an actor from the play, all dressed up in his floppy haired wig and pointy ears and brown, drapey clothes just sitting there like he was normal, eating a sandwich. it was a really absurd sight that provided me with much amusement.
and on the way home, in the subway, was a little girl, about 18 months old, wearing this little jumper with little sneakers that lit up, and she kept smiling at TSM and I and dancing and waving. TSM nicknamed her Disco Baby. her chubby legs made my ovaries explode. even TSM said that seeing her made him want to have babies, too. i tried ripping his pants off as soon as we got home, but by then his sanity returned.
dang. i was so close!
after that i went to see The Lord of the Rings musical and it was both amazing and boring at the same time. it was amazing because it truly was a spectacle. the stage was surrounded by leaves that were sprouting out onto the box seats and the ceiling, so that was cool. all of the sets were amazing, and the stage revolved and elevated to create a mountainous effect. the acting was pretty good, too, but the actor who played Gollum (i am not even sure i spelled the correctly; shows you how much of a fan of LOTR i truly am) was shockingly good. he was small and skinny and you'd think it was a little kid playing it except he had Gollum's movements down to a T, and the voice! it was so good. i swear my mouth was gaping whenever he was on stage because i was mesmerized. but the storyline as a whole was just kind of "ehn". mind you, i am not a fan of the fantasy genre and don't have much interest in LOTR, so it's not surprising that i wasn't too enthralled. TSM, who is a diehard LOTR fan, criticized the play for cutting out so much (it was a bit over 3 hours long in total, which is a far cry from the 12 hours of film or the three huge books!) and he thought a lot of the singing and dancing was Lame with a capital L.
overall, i give LOTR The Musical 2.5 stars out of 4. that is a pretty high score considering, but that is because i was drunk on mexican food.
oh, i almost forgot the best part! beforehand, we went to a Tim Hortons right near the theatre to get dessert (iced cappucino). i went to the washroom and who (or i guess i should say "what") was sitting near the washroom eating a tim hortons sandwich? A HOBBIT! or an elf. i am not sure. but he was an actor from the play, all dressed up in his floppy haired wig and pointy ears and brown, drapey clothes just sitting there like he was normal, eating a sandwich. it was a really absurd sight that provided me with much amusement.
and on the way home, in the subway, was a little girl, about 18 months old, wearing this little jumper with little sneakers that lit up, and she kept smiling at TSM and I and dancing and waving. TSM nicknamed her Disco Baby. her chubby legs made my ovaries explode. even TSM said that seeing her made him want to have babies, too. i tried ripping his pants off as soon as we got home, but by then his sanity returned.
dang. i was so close!