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[illyria_novia]

Still busy *whacks RL*, still having serious trouble catching up, still only reading ficlets and saving longer tales to be read God knows when, still merely skipping and skimming and giving up at skip=60, and thinking of lurking. Still here, anyway. :)

But life has been pretty nice lately. Last week I saw

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[trust_n0_1]

For screencapping? Hmmmmm, PowerDVD is quite good.
Oh I looooooved SWIII:ROTS, had tears in my eyes, which didn't happen while watching ROTK. Funny, my level of SW geekiness is nowhere near that of the LOTR passion, but well, I did wait for many years to see the moment Anakin succumbs to the Dark Side. What is it with us humans, wanting so badly to see heroes fall?
Glad to know you're ok... writing anything?

[illyria_novia]

SWIII was quite nice in terms of musical score and special effects, but the dialogs left me cold. When Anakin screamed "I hate you!" to Obi-wan, I can't help doing the facepalm thing---it just didn't seem to be something a power-hungry man would say even on the verge of death. And the ending seems quite rushed, especially the birth of Luke and Leia, which was greeted with a lot of cheers from the audience, but which made me wince at its superficiality and lack of drama

[shirebound]

Brian Sibley said there are now two roads to Middle-earth, Tolkien's books and PJ's interpretation of those books

There certainly are! And I would never have discovered fanfiction (or ever thought of writing any) without the films.

I haven't a clue about screencapping, but here's a site with zillions of screencaps, if you need them:

http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib.htm

[illyria_novia]

And I wouldn't have found the book without the movie. :) It is a very life-changing film.

And thank you so much for the link! It's exactly what I need.

[claudia603]

Yes, Lotr = <3 to me.

If you're interested, I posted last night about rereading LOTR as a group, starting next Monday. I know we're all busy, but reading a chapter a week ought not to be TOO much of a hardship :-) backtothecanon is the community....:-)

[illyria_novia]

Thanks for the link! I think I'd like to join that group. I've read the foreword last night and it was like being introduced once more to hobbits, it made me so nostalgic. :)

[claudia603]

yay! Glad you're joining!

No HP donggg (OT)

[anonymous]

Noviaaaa....
Ada apa dengan HP-muuuuuuu???? ih, aku smsin ga masuk-masuuukkkk!!
Ganti donggg...

Novia, cerber-mu, "Setelah Kau Menikahiku", yg di Femina 2003 keluar lagiii, ada yg ngeposting di milis kang Adit (Adhitya Mulya, pengarang Jomblo & Gege Mengejar Cinta) pria_sehat_tanpa_celana@yahoogroups.com (jgn ketipu sama namanya, ini milis penulis semuaaaa).

~Trinie Lupin~

Re: No HP donggg (OT)

[illyria_novia]

HP-ku tewas surewas marewas, Trin, mati semati-matinya dan nggak bisa di-resurrect. Mo beli lagi, tapi duitnya kepake mulu. Thanks for the info. Aku tadi ke milis itu, tapi gak bisa bac amessagesnya karena bukan member.

[mariole]

So good to see you, Illyria! I am being eaten by RL myself. I'd love to hear details about your K0H viewing if you want to share them at some point. Ditto wishing the actors would get wonderful roles; I so wish them well. And I hope you can see the symphony someday. I really enjoyed it. Cheers!

[illyria_novia]

I would have loved to give detailed comments on KoH, only I thought no one would be interested to read it. :) It's actually quite a good a movie, enjoyable in the way that the story can be easily followed, the plot is thick enough not to be boring, and the battle scenes are gorgeously executed, with fire-throwing ballistas, boiling oil poured from crenellated battlements, etc, etc, and quite a moving scene when Orli knighted the entire able-bodied males of Jerusalem to help defend the city against the incoming muslim armies. The set is built wonderfully, combining eastern architecture with their windows and domes, and the incense which was said to be able to ward off the plague and the cause of leprosy (Edward Norton, who played King Baldwin of Jerusalem, was a leper, and for almost the entire film he hid behind a mask and full-body shroud, but his performance was powerful), and that aged look of a city built on top of the ruin of another, older city. The costumes and armors are also wonderful, showing quite a marked distinction

[illyria_novia]

Oh, and lastly, this is a complain based on what little I know of what the Prophet taught about war. When he returned to Mecca, after years of exile and persecution, he made the people of Mecca frightened for their lives because he came with a huge, strong army. But the Prophet said that his soldiers should never harm the aged, the women and children, and private property such as houses and cattle, and this laid down the principle of Islamic conquest which put negotiations and peaceful agreement over coercive and violent measures. Throughout the beginning of Islamic expansion, this no looting, no destroying policy was embraced, and such fears that the people of Jerusalem felt about the coming of Salahuddin's army seemed to be out of place. It wasn't the orc army who came to besiege Jerusalem. But then again, this is a view of someone raised in the culture and teaching of Islam. I don't suppose the christians, the jews, or people of other beliefs as well as non-believers would know or believe in it.

[mariole]

Illyria, thank you for your lovely long answer! I'm about to get on a plane, so will read it more carefully in June when I return. Thank you so much!