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Dec. 21st, 2003 07:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
queenrileySo. Return of the King yesterday. That was... wow. I have very few words. And I have more words now than I did when we left the theater to eat.
I started to tear up not too far into it, but I knew that would happen. I somehow managed to hold the tears until Theoden fell. I couldn't hold them back any longer after that. At first I cried silently, but then I think I started to sob, hopefully not too loud. I had Jeff, moist but not crying, to my right, and Kirk, who seemed to have a problem with dust falling directly into his eyes, to my left. Susan was to the left of Kirk with her family on down the line. Jeff never cried. I don't think Susan's husband did either. I don't know about her kids. But I started with Theoden and I didn't stop until the end.
It was beautiful. It was truely amazing. I don't think I have ever seen a movie that affected me nearly as much as this one did. I've seen movies that made me cry, movies that made me think, movies that put me through an emotional gauntlet. But this one... my God, the pure scope of it all. I'm just at a loss.
Theoden's death was heart wrenching. Pippin was all out wonderful. His song! I almost went over the edge during his song (would have, had I not wiped the tear away quickly). Merry and his enthusiasm, then fear, then courage. Eowyn and the way she stood up to save her uncle. I loved how she just picked Merry right up unnoticed. Didn't even have to stop her horse. The Rohan soldiers arriving for battle and charging. My heart lept. Legolas and the Oliphant. Aragorn on the ship and his speech at the Black Gates. Gimli in just about everything Gimli did. Didn't you just love how right after Aragorn charged the tens of thousands of Orcs, the first to follow were Merry and Pippin? That was, perhaps, my favourite hobbit battle moment. They cried out, swords raised, and charged right after Aragorn while everyone else stood still. I cried then too. I bawled when everyone bowed to the hobbits. I sobbed when Frodo said goodbye. The tears on the hobbits were genuine and I was crying so hard right with them.
My favourite though, my absolute awe inspiring if-he-doesn't-win-an-Oscar-I'm-going-to-kill-someone performance goes to Sean Astin with Sam. My God there are just no words than can describe that performance. Utterly amazing doesn't even cover the half of it. I'm tearing up now just thinking about it. My beloved Sam. I loved him in the books. I love him more now.
I said a lot. I don't think I can say anymore right now. I want to go see it again. Soon. Very very soon. I'm tempted to, on Christmas night, leave Alex with Jeff once we have done our family duties and go see it by myself. The theaters will be almost empty, if not entirely, but they will be open. I know a few people from Temple are planning on going to the movies on Christmas, but I don't know which movie or what time. I also know most of them are from inter-faith families and will be celebrating Christmas. But I want to see it again.
I started to tear up not too far into it, but I knew that would happen. I somehow managed to hold the tears until Theoden fell. I couldn't hold them back any longer after that. At first I cried silently, but then I think I started to sob, hopefully not too loud. I had Jeff, moist but not crying, to my right, and Kirk, who seemed to have a problem with dust falling directly into his eyes, to my left. Susan was to the left of Kirk with her family on down the line. Jeff never cried. I don't think Susan's husband did either. I don't know about her kids. But I started with Theoden and I didn't stop until the end.
It was beautiful. It was truely amazing. I don't think I have ever seen a movie that affected me nearly as much as this one did. I've seen movies that made me cry, movies that made me think, movies that put me through an emotional gauntlet. But this one... my God, the pure scope of it all. I'm just at a loss.
Theoden's death was heart wrenching. Pippin was all out wonderful. His song! I almost went over the edge during his song (would have, had I not wiped the tear away quickly). Merry and his enthusiasm, then fear, then courage. Eowyn and the way she stood up to save her uncle. I loved how she just picked Merry right up unnoticed. Didn't even have to stop her horse. The Rohan soldiers arriving for battle and charging. My heart lept. Legolas and the Oliphant. Aragorn on the ship and his speech at the Black Gates. Gimli in just about everything Gimli did. Didn't you just love how right after Aragorn charged the tens of thousands of Orcs, the first to follow were Merry and Pippin? That was, perhaps, my favourite hobbit battle moment. They cried out, swords raised, and charged right after Aragorn while everyone else stood still. I cried then too. I bawled when everyone bowed to the hobbits. I sobbed when Frodo said goodbye. The tears on the hobbits were genuine and I was crying so hard right with them.
My favourite though, my absolute awe inspiring if-he-doesn't-win-an-Oscar-I'm-going-to-kill-someone performance goes to Sean Astin with Sam. My God there are just no words than can describe that performance. Utterly amazing doesn't even cover the half of it. I'm tearing up now just thinking about it. My beloved Sam. I loved him in the books. I love him more now.
I said a lot. I don't think I can say anymore right now. I want to go see it again. Soon. Very very soon. I'm tempted to, on Christmas night, leave Alex with Jeff once we have done our family duties and go see it by myself. The theaters will be almost empty, if not entirely, but they will be open. I know a few people from Temple are planning on going to the movies on Christmas, but I don't know which movie or what time. I also know most of them are from inter-faith families and will be celebrating Christmas. But I want to see it again.
