Don't forget your Shakespeare

[khaosworks]

Because the Witch-King of Angmar certainly did. He was obviously never an English major - that "I can be killed by no man" thing is just begging for trouble.


So, I watched Return of the King. 'Twas good. 'Twas very good, and a very good end indeed. I really didn't even miss the fact that there was no Scouring of the Shire - it would have ruined the momentum of the ending, as far as I'm concerned.

Still, ROTK wasn't immune from the usual snarky comments during the movie, not least of which was the Witch King being killed by Shakespeare, essentially.

When the war Oliphaunts come marching in - "Here come the AT-ATs."

And of course, Super Xtreme Ninja Elf Legolas defies all known laws of physics yet again.

When Theoden lies dying, and Eowyn says she'll save him and he replies, "You already have," I was going, "Take the mask off..." having flashbacks to Return of the Jedi.

When Faramir is being borne away to be burnt alive - "I'm not dead yet!" "Yes you are, you'll be stone cold in a moment." "I'm getting better!"

When the eagles arrive - "Isn't that just like the Americans - always coming in late for a fight, just giving air support but not committing ground troops, and in the end, they'll take all the credit."

When Sam reaches for Frodo hanging over the precipice of Mount Doom, I'm visualizing Sam kicking Frodo off into the lava shouting, "I - have had - enough of you!"

Don't get me wrong. It was a great film and I can't wait for the Extended Cut, but it still opened it up a lot to wisecracking.

Of course, when the Extended Edition of ROTK is released, you're all invited to my LOTR three-movie extended marathon.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

You are a bad and wicked man, and I am *so* coming to your three-movie extended marathon, with baked goods in hand.

[manywaters.livejournal.com]

Glad I'm not the only one who was drawing the oliphaunt/AT-AT comparison...

[amberite.livejournal.com]

Yes -- I had exactly the same thought myself. 'Cause of the tactics, I'm thinkin'.

[manywaters.livejournal.com]

I just kept waiting for Legolas to haul out a lightsabre!!!

[mneme]

I think this is one of the most MST3Kable movies of all time, honestly. Both because it's visually brilliant, and because it's compellingly -stupid- in quite a number of places.

"Well, Mr. Gimli, I think it's time you started believing in ghost stories."



But to be fair...Tolkien was -deliberately- stealing from Shakespere, both in Saruman's death scene (he'd been disapointed about the trees not -actually- coming when he first saw the Scottish Play) and in the Witch King's Doom. And -also- to be fair...both the Oliphaunts and the AT-AT's movements are -deliberately- modeled on real-world elephants.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

He wouldn't have like our version then. In the "the Scottish Panto" we didn't have real tries at the end either, just a highly respected member of the legal profession named Archibald Wood. Famed for never losing a case, he was also much admired by his colleagues for his incendiary wit, from which of course he got his nickname... "Burn 'em" Wood!

But by the time poor Mr MacThingy found that out, the guy was already inside the castle. Mwa-ha-ha... =>:o>

[misshallelujah.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, looks like I wasn't the only one having serious Star Wars flashbacks. How about that line, "What does your heart tell you?" and the part where Pippin was leaving with Gandalf, and he was all "Will I ever see you again?" to Merry?

When Sam reaches for Frodo hanging over the precipice of Mount Doom, I'm visualizing Sam kicking Frodo off into the lava shouting, "I - have had - enough of you!"


AHHHHH no you're EVIL how could you! Sam would NEVER to that to his Mr Frodo. because they are SO in love! AHHHHH!

:D

[khaosworks.livejournal.com]

Sam: "Rosie Cotton. If there were anyone I'd have married, it'd have been her."

Us: "... less'n, of course, you'd be wantin' to move to Massachusetts, Mr. Frodo."

[johno.livejournal.com]

My fav audience line:

"Aren't you a little short for a Orc?"

[ex-prunesnp.livejournal.com]

From our group of seeing it the second time:

(Oliphaunt Scene)
Don't worry, mom, no mutant giant man-eating elephants were harmed during the making of this film.

(Dead men under the mountain scene)
Orlando Bloom turns to Viggo Mortensen, and says "Uh, I think I saw some of these guys last summer while I was sailing in the Carribbean. They mean business."