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I've still not seen them all the way through - I may have not seen The Two Towers at all! They came out at a time when everything was a bit of a blur.
I did have fun with the bit when the head Nazgul gets the chop. There's a huge descending legato tone when it happens, so we stuck it through an amp, and I pitch-shifted down into a monstrous rumble that made everything vibrate. Lots of fun
For me the last 40 minutes of Return of the King is the best in the series, so that's Frodo and Sam climbing Mt Doom assailed by Gollum and Aragorn and company fighting to the end in a last stand. The atmosphere in the Shire when all four of them are huddled in the pub and they give each other this knowing look... as cool as the Scouring of the Shire was, in my view this was better. Special mention to anything with the Nazgûl, I still get chills hearing their scream.
I have to say though, that with each viewing I grow to like Sam even more. If anyone has a friend like Sam I want them to hold onto that person for dear life. Sam was the strongest of them all; he had to put up with the Ring while it slowly killed his friend on the inside.
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I do need to get around to watching those films myself. Once I'm done with my current Indiana Jones marathon, I'll probably check them out. By the way, as NLife's resident LOTR expert, have you seen The Rings of Power yet and, if so, what do you think about it?
You know me too well at this point! I like to keep my tastes diverse so whenever I meet new people I can cover good bases! But these are hopelessly addicting mainstays indeed. The LotR trilogy will be so worth it when you get around to it. But crack on with Indy; that trilogy is superb as well. My favourite of the bunch is Last Crusade, particularly because I went and visited the Treasury in Jordan recently. That temple where the Holy Grail is.
As for LotR (I'm not an expert AT ALL but I'll happily take that title ) I've seen all 4 episodes so far (next one's out on the 23rd), and I've really liked it. I don't like heavy-handed modern political messages in film but the purist crowd made it seem so much worse than it actually ended up being.
Visuals are stunning, acting is great, music's great. I'd say the writing can be a bit janky sometimes but overall the entire show really has the atmosphere of the films, even though they aren't in the same universe.
I've always found that Sam's story is quite sad - he steps up when needed, goes through hell, then is effectively abandoned at the grey havens because he's - not middle class? Not upper class? You really feel for him, and it's a surprising downer ending to it all.
The first time I saw the trailer for The Woman King I wanted to see it, but now on the second time I saw it the use of contemporary music puts me off. I always find it odd when new music is in a film that is set in ye old times like that jarring Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette flick.
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I recommend The Gospel According To Matthew by Pasolini. It's a secular retelling of, well, the gospel of St Matthew, and features folk and blues music on the soundtrack.
It's bloody brilliant, and probably outraged Italy more than Life of Brian (but in a different way)
I've always found that Sam's story is quite sad - he steps up when needed, goes through hell, then is effectively abandoned at the grey havens because he's - not middle class? Not upper class? You really feel for him, and it's a surprising downer ending to it all.
I always took it as Sam is in unrequited love, he knows he's not gonna get cuddles or anything afterwards but he still does it as he fancy the pants of Frodo.
I've always found that Sam's story is quite sad - he steps up when needed, goes through hell, then is effectively abandoned at the grey havens because he's - not middle class? Not upper class? You really feel for him, and it's a surprising downer ending to it all.
I always took it as Sam is in unrequited love, he knows he's not gonna get cuddles or anything afterwards but he still does it as he fancy the pants of Frodo.
There's one bit where Frodo is asleep or passed out and Sam thinks about how much he loves him.
My reading of that passage changed as I got older!!!
@Kermit1 It's only 7mins long, that can barely scratch the surface. There's more interesting and in depth dissections of comics as counter/pop culture like the Supergods book/audiobook by Grant Morrison (who is arguably the greatest comic book writer of all time) which examines and charts it very well although a tad self indulgent.
The first time I saw the trailer for The Woman King I wanted to see it, but now on the second time I saw it the use of contemporary music puts me off. I always find it odd when new music is in a film that is set in ye old times like that jarring Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette flick.
I looked the film up as it seems to star Viola Davis, and it seems be set in the same time and place as The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin, which is a great read
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