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Quote of the Day
Okay, you're aware that there's a big ole battle in Return of the King? And that Aragorn's the titular king? Then it's not really a spoiler (but if you didn't know that, welcome to Earth! I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay. *g*).
From Teevee's "Return of the Incompetent Orcs":
"There's a shot near the end of the movie, after all the humans ride out to Mordor to face down the orcs in an effort to distract them from Frodo's approach to Mount Doom, of one of the Riders of Rohan... I don't know his name. He looks like a refugee from an '80s band. Warrant, maybe, or, perhaps more appropriately, Night Ranger. Anyhow, they're surrounded by every orc in Mordor, so he shoots Aragon a look like, 'This was your fucking plan? Ride out to Mordor and get surrounded by orcs? That's some nice strategy there. Really nice. You are the worst king ever!'"
And one from the Flick Filosopher (demonstrating again why she handily overtook Libby Gelman-Waxner as my favorite fangirl film critic), from her most excellent LotR Drinking Game:
"Every time Aragorn and Boromir have an argument, take a shot.
If it looks like they'd really rather jump each other, ohmigod imagine how amazingly hot that would've been."
From Teevee's "Return of the Incompetent Orcs":
"There's a shot near the end of the movie, after all the humans ride out to Mordor to face down the orcs in an effort to distract them from Frodo's approach to Mount Doom, of one of the Riders of Rohan... I don't know his name. He looks like a refugee from an '80s band. Warrant, maybe, or, perhaps more appropriately, Night Ranger. Anyhow, they're surrounded by every orc in Mordor, so he shoots Aragon a look like, 'This was your fucking plan? Ride out to Mordor and get surrounded by orcs? That's some nice strategy there. Really nice. You are the worst king ever!'"
And one from the Flick Filosopher (demonstrating again why she handily overtook Libby Gelman-Waxner as my favorite fangirl film critic), from her most excellent LotR Drinking Game:
"Every time Aragorn and Boromir have an argument, take a shot.
If it looks like they'd really rather jump each other, ohmigod imagine how amazingly hot that would've been."
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(I adore MaryAnn's reviews, she's such a hoot.)
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Oh man, is she ever! I about died when I read her review of the first Tomb Raider when it came out. Have you read that one? She did it as a MUD. It was a *hoot*.
And I agree with her about 85-95% of the time, which is absolutely *amazing* when it comes to movie critics. Usually if they fit my tastes maybe 30% of the time, that's lucky.
Plus, she sees the slash, which is keen. *g*
Very much so. *vbg*
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And I agree with her about 85-95% of the time, which is absolutely *amazing* when it comes to movie critics. Usually if they fit my tastes maybe 30% of the time, that's lucky.
Same here. Her taste is much more in synch with mine than most of the critics I read, even the ones I particularly like, like David Denby or Elvis Mitchell. Not that I take the critics too terribly seriously anyway, but it's nice to find such a good one. *g*
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Heeee! That's too funny! (And the movie does leave a bit of a blank as to why exactly all these people just up and took after Aragorn after the Pelennor, doesn't it? ;)
If it looks like they'd really rather jump each other, ohmigod imagine how amazingly hot that would've been.
Oh, I have imagined, believe me, I really have ... Especially during the Council of Elrond, when it's just all that eyefucking and sexual tension and "sit down, Legolas" and whatall ;)
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No kidding. I guess they just figured, "What the heck, he looks important enough. Might as well follow him." The EE is going to be about six hours long (yay!) if all of these scenes get put back in.
A friend of mine insists on calling the Council of Elrond "the Orgy of Elrond," and says that Elrond is so snippy because the Fellowship-to-be invaded his house and didn't even invite him to play. Kids today. ;)