{"id":15795,"date":"2009-09-12T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T23:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15795"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:07:01","slug":"return-to-return-of-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/12\/return-to-return-of-the-king.html","title":{"rendered":"Return to <i>Return of the King<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000634DCW\/ref=ase_davedoesthebl-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Click here to go to Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B000634DCW.01._MCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Watched Return of the King with Kitten today &#8212; all 4-odd hours of the Extended Cut, thus bringing to a close our <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/10\/fellowship-of-the-ring-minority-report.html\">joint<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/13\/the-two-towers-via-a-9-year-old.html\">tour<\/a> of the <em>Lord of the Rings <\/em>trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>Some comments from Katherine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <em>I really liked the movie, because there was a great change in all of it. Like, one part it was really minor music, next thing you know, great major music, prancing along the plains.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<li> [SPOILER ALERT] <em>I&nbsp;really liked how at the end the Eye went up in flames. <\/em> <\/li>\n<li> <em>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a book I&#8217;m going to want to read soon. Because I know the book is normally really different from it, but I&#8217;ll know like when the dragons<\/em> [Ringwraith mounts] <em>are coming that soon the eagles will come. <\/em> <\/li>\n<li> <em>I really liked the ghosts just floating across the water &#8230; I really liked ghosts in general. <\/em> <\/li>\n<li> <em>I really think the Good Gollum was really cute, the way his eyes looked.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Her other comments during the movie was that there were too many names all alike. She got a little teary at the Grey Havens (as did we all).<\/p>\n<p>Not too much scare\/creepy factor. &#8220;I think the orcs were really gross. They have goo coming out of their face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Overall, she seemed to enjoy it, as did eye. It was the extended cut, so we got the extra bits with the Mouth of Sauron and the like. This is the movie that drifts the furthest from the books, but for the most part (save turning the Paths of the Dead into the <em>deus ex phantasma,<\/em> even though it amused the 9-year-old) it works pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>A fine way to spend the better part of a Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watched Return of the King with Kitten today &#8212; all 4-odd hours of the Extended Cut, thus bringing to a close our joint tour of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Some comments from Katherine: I really liked the movie, because there was a great change in all of it. Like, one part it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/12\/return-to-return-of-the-king.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Return to <i>Return of the King<\/i>&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[382,41,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lord-of-the-rings","category-media-movies","category-parenting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5682,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/26\/lord_of_the_glo.html","url_meta":{"origin":15795,"position":0},"title":"Lord of the Globes","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 26-Jan-04 10:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"Lord of the Rings: Return of the King had major wins at the Golden Globes, including Drama Picture, Director, Original Score, and Original Song. 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