Monday, December 22, 2003
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadow to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
The world behind, and home ahead,
We'll wander back home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
All shall fade, all shall fade.
And Pippin singing the above song is about the only thing in Return of The King that redeemed it from being one of the most boring movies I have ever sat through. Well, ok, that and all the slash. And I'm not just talking about Sam/Frodo and that whole hobbit orgy... I mean, just look at Legolas's Don't-Marry-Arwen-Marry-Me-Damnit gaze and Arwen's (in Aefallen's words) I'm-Carrying-This-Banner-Because-I-Cannot-Stand-To-See-The-Way-You-Look-At-Him. And the Gandalf/Pippin, Faramir/Pippin, Denethor/Pippin... slashiest movie ever. Even slashier than "Good Will Hunting", "Saving Private Ryan", or any other film about male bonding. But what I found amazing was that I found it even more boring than The Two Towers... the trailer was a lot more emotionally charged and intense than the movie, which is pretty pathetic really. The journey ends, and good riddance.
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