Category Archives: Movies

Midnight tickets!

Whoo HOO!!! I got midnight tickets for LOTR: ROTK!! I had to stand in line for an hour in the blistering wind, but I got ’em! When I got mine, they only had 30 more left, so I’m glad my dad woke me up to go. *hugs Dad*

lalala….me and Ben…lalala…..we got in….

Spoilers for LOTR: The Return of the King…

…if you haven’t read it yet…..Just read the Newsweek article on ROTK and it mentions things that are cut from the movie.
—The Healing House is gone. Mildly necessary, but I won’t argue too much. No, wait, yes I will. This is where Aragorn heals Eowyn and Faramir (not to mention Merry) and I feel that it’s important because it shows the reader/viewer just how powerful a man/king is Aragorn is.
—Also cut is the the murder of Saruman by Wormtongue. VERY important. OBVIOUSLY important so no need for me to comment further.
—The Scouring of the Shire wasn’t even FILMED. UGH! I guess the movie wraps up with the “Ring scene” then the wedding, and maybe a Cate Blanchett/Galadriel voiceover(?)

I will, of course, love the movie more than anything in the world when I see it, but the lack of these stories will be in my mind and I think I’ll end up re-re-rereading the book.

RIP, Jack Elam

I know many of you won’t know who Jack Elam is. You’ll know his face, and maybe his voice. I’ll leave it to you to go to IMDB if you choose.

I love Jack Elam. If you’ve ever seen my dad, you might know why. I think it boils down to the eyebrows, but for some reason, I’ve always thought they resembled each other. Jack played the lovable rogue in several films that I enjoyed. He had an “off” look to him whereby he often looked disheveled or even crazed. He is known more for the gazillion Westerns he acted in, but my favorite role was the doctor in The Cannonball Run.

…and now I go to be sad…

[Edit: Now I’ve seen where Rerun died, also. *sigh* RIP, Rerun]