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I am rereading LOTR. I have been for awhile, just here and there picking it back up and putting it down. I THINK this is my first reread since the movies, though I've picked it up and looked at several parts of it in between. At any rate, I just read the line, "'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall,' said Aragorn."
It gave me chills all over. The good kind.
I remember making a special pilgrimage (on Easter Sunday afternoon, in fact!) and dragging along my best geek friend to see Fellowship for my sixth time (his fourth) so we could catch the special sneak preview of The Two Towers. It was just as great as it ever was, and for a moment at the end, drying the routine tears, I thought they might not have the preview at the end of the reel. But then, instead of the credits, to the soundtrack of a massive gasp from the audience, up pops Aragorn's hand, lifting the leaf brooch (which we hadn't seen given to the hobbits yet, remember? That scene was on the extended DVD...though of course they were THERE on their cloaks.) Later Pippin's double take on Treebeard, and Eowyn's standing on the steps of Meduseld, would steal my breath even more, but that first moment, that breathtaking visual, that will always be synonymous "anticipation" to me.
I didn't think I'd live until November. Sometimes I'm not sure I really did.
It gave me chills all over. The good kind.
I remember making a special pilgrimage (on Easter Sunday afternoon, in fact!) and dragging along my best geek friend to see Fellowship for my sixth time (his fourth) so we could catch the special sneak preview of The Two Towers. It was just as great as it ever was, and for a moment at the end, drying the routine tears, I thought they might not have the preview at the end of the reel. But then, instead of the credits, to the soundtrack of a massive gasp from the audience, up pops Aragorn's hand, lifting the leaf brooch (which we hadn't seen given to the hobbits yet, remember? That scene was on the extended DVD...though of course they were THERE on their cloaks.) Later Pippin's double take on Treebeard, and Eowyn's standing on the steps of Meduseld, would steal my breath even more, but that first moment, that breathtaking visual, that will always be synonymous "anticipation" to me.
I didn't think I'd live until November. Sometimes I'm not sure I really did.