So in watching LOTR:TTT for the fifth time this week alone, I am once again given 30 seconds of pure bliss. “The Last March of the Ents” plays for roughly 30 seconds. The official track name is “Isengard Unleashed” but for those 30 seconds, you know the ones, when the Ents march (duh!), man, it gets me every.single.time. It’s played again right before “Forth Eorlingas” as Theoden and Co. prepare to ride out, but it’s the Ent usage that I love so much.
Category Archives: Movies
Yes, it OWNS my ass
Saw The Chronicles of Riddick with Ben last night. Was it only last night? It feels like it was forever ago. It was so over the top that I don’t think I can even begin to do it justice in a blog entry. Every look, every cliche, every hit, everything* was perfect. Total action and Karl Urban to look at…what more could a girl want? I will have to come down from this high before I can really say more. I’ve now seen Van Helsing, Troy, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and TCOR. Riddick is the movie that the others only hoped to be. *Thandie Newton did indeed suck and has been excised from memory.
Night and Day
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was nothing like what I expected. After hearing how great the director is and whatnot, I expected more than I got. The actors were all terrific, but very key elements were sacrificed in order to allow more time for “sweeping shots of cinematic excellence” and supposed “mood enhancing” still shots. The twins are growing nicely, as are Harry and Ron. Remus and Sirius had a few touching scenes, and I know fanfic writers rejoiced at some of the intimacy they shared.
Overall, I’d say that it’s a good movie of a wonderful book.
It’s a good time to be a geek
I have a pretty decent copy of Van Helsing to watch in the comfort of my own home. I’m dying to get Troy, although I see myself catching it in the theater at least once more. I know I’m biased, but I have to say that Sean Bean/Odysseus got all of the good lines. It’s fitting, but also appreciated by a fangirl such as myself. Since I haven’t read the source material yet, the movie didn’t bother me with it’s inaccuracies. Chances are, I still won’t be upset with the character of O, since I’m so swoony. I do have to say that Eric Bana blew me away. I’ve never seen him in anything and he was flawless as Hector. Brad was hot as hell, of course, and in that one scene…the one where you wish the camera would drop just.a.little.more…GUH!
I’d like to say more, but I really am still *squee* over this movie, so I’ll have to wait.
Until then, I can sigh happily knowing that in the next month we get Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and The Chronicles of Riddick.