I will predicate this post by indicating that I won’t be revealing any spoiler information, so you can happily read on and enjoy (sic) this post.
With the rest of the regular kids, I went to see the third and final installment of the Peter Jacksons (directional) masterpiece of possibly the greatest tale written, the Lord of the Rings.
An absolute epic at 3+ hours, i’m seriously grateful that i was in a Gold Class cinema with Jason recliner seats, food and drink served at specified intervals, and the ability to curl up and sleep if required (though I didn’t, the movie was
enthralling).
Landscape, settings and CGI were all absolutely amazing, and I give all parties involved an amazing amount of respect to their talents. The storyline has generally been followed with precision, with only minor dressings to accommodate the book to film translation (note: With a story of this size and aspect, i’m incredibly impressed about how much they stuck to the books themes).
There were parts that did slow quite considerably, but they (as the books are) represent the largest chunk of the material and still thereby hold an amazing amount of relevance. Some of the side story lines were cut off abruptly and I’m assuming that in the extended version we will see these stretched to their correct length again.
A great end to an amazing trilogy.
Now all I want to know is, what movie will be the Boxing Day epic that i’ve become accustomed to after all these years???
P.S - Matt and Dan’s housemate moved in yesterday. Very cool. (Not that it was my decision, but they have me as a friend so obviously they have good taste!) :). I’m sure we’ll get a post from them at some stage talking about her.
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