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Saturday, March 02, 2002 Tolkien Addiction Last night I went with my friend Alex to see Lord of the Rings... for the third time (yup, I'm crazy). I don't think I've ever seen a movie that many times in the theater before; actually, I don't see very many movies in the theater to begin with (it's usually off to Nate Payne's house, with the digital projector and Dolby surround sound, for DVDs--though it feels more like having a private screening). LOTR, or maybe Amélie, was the last movie I saw. It was fun watching it again, though--I caught some details I'd missed before, like Legolas walking on top of the snow instead of through it, and the Nazgűl's words to Arwen ("Give us the halfling, she-elf!"). Hey--did you know that it's recieved 13 Oscar nominations? Some highlights: Peter Jackson is up for Best Director, Ian McKellen (Gandalf) is up for Best Supporting Actor, and the film overall is up for Best Score, Best Picture, and Best Cinematography. If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a huge Tolkien fan; I first saw the movie on opening night (with the rest of the Thunder's Whisper girls, yeah!) and then the night after at a different theater with Alex and Ann, who couldn't go before. Definitely read the books--the novels flesh out the characters even more, and there's so much to be said for using your imagination. Plus you'll catch a couple of plot changes--for example, the movie enlarged Arwen and Saruman's roles (by a lot)--and details the movie doesn't have the time to go into. Check out this review. ^ Top | 9:56 PM | | | 
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