RotK again

[altariel]

I went to see it again last night with glitterboy1, trixieleitz, and Trixie's BoT.



It's not like I'm unfamiliar with the plot of The Lord of the Rings. But I was so absorbed by the seige of Gondor and the burning of Minas Tirith that when the horns of the Rohirrim sounded, I realized I had forgotten that they were going to arrive. That was a bit mind-blowing.


...[I]n that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of the death was coming with the dawn.

And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.


I blub at this bit in the book, and I blubbed last night too.

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

There are so many magnificent scenes in that film: Minas Tirith, the beacons, the battles, the Gates of Mordor, and so many moving ones: Theoden's rallying speech, Aragorn's, Gandalf's description of death or rather the next life (which I also believe in), Sam and Frodo talking of the Shire.

So much was also exactly as I, a very visual person, imagined it. A testament not just to Jackson but to Tolkien as well for describing it so well that almost everyone would have the same vision.

I don't often see films again quickly, but I shall have to go again too during the holidays.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Enjoy it again when you see it again. It really has stood up to the three viewings I've had (so far!).