One ring to rule them all...
Oct. 23rd, 2002 01:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maristuI watched "Fellowship of the Ring" again today. God, I love that movie. No matter how many times I watch it, it still gets to me. Aragorn and Arwen actually dialoguing in Sindarin :) The little details like how the ring just falls solidly on the ground, doesn't bounce at all. And how Galadriel *glides* down the stairs. And Legolas walking over the snow, while everyone else is drudging in it. Arwen calling her horse Asfaloth... So many little details for the book lovers :)
Legolas with his two long knives and his bow... Aragorn with his sword just walking into a swarm of orcs as if it were no big deal. I remember actually thinking of exchanging my practice sword for a bow *g* And wondering how many years of Aikido practice it would take to get me to be as light and calm as Legolas.
Gandalf's fall still gives me goosebumps and make me all sad and weepy, even though I've watched it about 5 times (and *read* it about 10) and even though I know he'll come back. Boromir's death would make me cry, if I were the type to cry at movies. Which I'm not. Definitely a good way to spend the evening :)
I also downloaded the trailer for "Two Towers". Eowyn! I love Eowyn! I hope they do her character justice... She's always been one of my favorites. Her and Faramir. I like secondary characters :)
One interesting phenomenon, though. I simply *cannot* see homo-eroticism in LOTR. And lord knows, it's practically *text*. But still, I just can't picture it. Not Frodo/Sam, not Aragorn/Boromir... Nothing. I don't know why... Could be because I have so much love for the story itself, for the books, for the history and the friendship and the loyalty. But really? I have no idea.
The same happens with HP, although at least here I know why. It's because I see them as kids. Little kids. And it just seems... wrong. I know, I know, they're 15 now (in the books), same as Clark... But still, I see them as little kids. Could be the fact that TW's actually 25 years old, while the actors who play Draco and Harry really *are* kids... Or maybe I'm just a prude :P
Despite this little problem, I'm feeling myself being sucked into these two fandoms. I already have an HP vid forming in my mind (which will probably turn into a b'day present for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bonibaru *g* No slash, though!). I might try some fic (reading, not writing), see if I like it...
New fandoms! Fun! As if I didn't have *enough* trouble keeping up with this one... :P
Legolas with his two long knives and his bow... Aragorn with his sword just walking into a swarm of orcs as if it were no big deal. I remember actually thinking of exchanging my practice sword for a bow *g* And wondering how many years of Aikido practice it would take to get me to be as light and calm as Legolas.
Gandalf's fall still gives me goosebumps and make me all sad and weepy, even though I've watched it about 5 times (and *read* it about 10) and even though I know he'll come back. Boromir's death would make me cry, if I were the type to cry at movies. Which I'm not. Definitely a good way to spend the evening :)
I also downloaded the trailer for "Two Towers". Eowyn! I love Eowyn! I hope they do her character justice... She's always been one of my favorites. Her and Faramir. I like secondary characters :)
One interesting phenomenon, though. I simply *cannot* see homo-eroticism in LOTR. And lord knows, it's practically *text*. But still, I just can't picture it. Not Frodo/Sam, not Aragorn/Boromir... Nothing. I don't know why... Could be because I have so much love for the story itself, for the books, for the history and the friendship and the loyalty. But really? I have no idea.
The same happens with HP, although at least here I know why. It's because I see them as kids. Little kids. And it just seems... wrong. I know, I know, they're 15 now (in the books), same as Clark... But still, I see them as little kids. Could be the fact that TW's actually 25 years old, while the actors who play Draco and Harry really *are* kids... Or maybe I'm just a prude :P
Despite this little problem, I'm feeling myself being sucked into these two fandoms. I already have an HP vid forming in my mind (which will probably turn into a b'day present for
bonibaru *g* No slash, though!). I might try some fic (reading, not writing), see if I like it...New fandoms! Fun! As if I didn't have *enough* trouble keeping up with this one... :P
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on 2002-10-22 04:58 am (UTC)I also fail to appreciate the slashier aspects of LoTR, except when I was younger (I first read The Hobbit at age ten and went on from there to devour the rest on a regular basis) I remember thinking that "Frodo and Sam sound awfully *gay*". In my teen years, in the Bible Belt southern US, where being gay was a bad thing and talk of it made you uncomfortable. but I tended to read the Aragorn, Faramir and Eowyn parts the most, anywy :)
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on 2002-10-22 03:21 pm (UTC)Aragorn, Faramir and Eowyn RULE! hehehe. Hmm, I might reread the two towers before the movie premieres here in Brazil...
Oh, and I have an idea for a LOTR vid, but it has scenes from all three books (which will hopefully all be in the movies), so I'll have to wait another year or so to make it :)