ROTK , and faculty party
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chelseagirlThe unspoily: Loved it, loved it, loved it! It was utterly fulfilling, utterly non-stop, and afterwards we felt we'd fought in the wars of the rings overselves. Laughed, cried, found very little to disappoint. And frighteningly, there were times when Gollum looked exactly like our kitten.
Of course my beloved is now in post-saga depression. He's been looking forward to this for about 25 years, since he was a mere sprout of 8, and now it's over. I keep whispering "extended edition" in his ear . . . but myself, I wish it had been put out on dvd right away so I could take it home and keep on watching.
The spoily: M.'s read the books nearly 50 times; I've read them 5 or 6, so he found more nitpicks than I. Honestly, by the time I get that far, I've usually sped up my reading, so there were more surprises here for me than in the earlier books. But both of us loved it; even the things we'd have liked to see more of, like the Eowyn-Faramir relationship, got a nod, and hopefully more in the extended edition. (For two characters who were never seen together until the coronation scene, they looked awfully good and awfully comfortable together.) Missed seeing more Legolas and Gimli, but Merry and Pippin were terrific. Lots of Elrond, hurrah! Eowyn rocks so very much. And the final scene at the Grey Havens, oh yes. We were both sniffling then. (Heck, I sniffled throughout.)
Sorry that the industrialization of the Shire was cut out; M.'s theory is that the missing Saruman scenes weren't there (from a film aspect, I could see that being anticlimactic, though it seemed such an important element in the book), but at Isengard. We shall see. I liked the placement of the Shelob scene where it was, but M. is still grumpy about that, and a few things Gandalf didn't get to do. But Ian McKellan action scenes -- very cool.
Faculty party was very cool; I was feeling so shy and awkward, but had some lovely brief chats with senior faculty and some real bonding with some of the adjuncts and a very nice librarian. HSS2 is a combined literary and historical course; one of the historians, Molly, who's also new this year, has the exact opposite strengths and weaknesses from me (I'm great on close reading and texts, she's strong on history and contextualization), so we're going to help each other out. Another used to be a bar manager and knows people, so I'm going to send him M.'s resume tomorrow and he's offered to help out if he can. *fingers crossed*
Of course my beloved is now in post-saga depression. He's been looking forward to this for about 25 years, since he was a mere sprout of 8, and now it's over. I keep whispering "extended edition" in his ear . . . but myself, I wish it had been put out on dvd right away so I could take it home and keep on watching.
The spoily: M.'s read the books nearly 50 times; I've read them 5 or 6, so he found more nitpicks than I. Honestly, by the time I get that far, I've usually sped up my reading, so there were more surprises here for me than in the earlier books. But both of us loved it; even the things we'd have liked to see more of, like the Eowyn-Faramir relationship, got a nod, and hopefully more in the extended edition. (For two characters who were never seen together until the coronation scene, they looked awfully good and awfully comfortable together.) Missed seeing more Legolas and Gimli, but Merry and Pippin were terrific. Lots of Elrond, hurrah! Eowyn rocks so very much. And the final scene at the Grey Havens, oh yes. We were both sniffling then. (Heck, I sniffled throughout.)
Sorry that the industrialization of the Shire was cut out; M.'s theory is that the missing Saruman scenes weren't there (from a film aspect, I could see that being anticlimactic, though it seemed such an important element in the book), but at Isengard. We shall see. I liked the placement of the Shelob scene where it was, but M. is still grumpy about that, and a few things Gandalf didn't get to do. But Ian McKellan action scenes -- very cool.
Faculty party was very cool; I was feeling so shy and awkward, but had some lovely brief chats with senior faculty and some real bonding with some of the adjuncts and a very nice librarian. HSS2 is a combined literary and historical course; one of the historians, Molly, who's also new this year, has the exact opposite strengths and weaknesses from me (I'm great on close reading and texts, she's strong on history and contextualization), so we're going to help each other out. Another used to be a bar manager and knows people, so I'm going to send him M.'s resume tomorrow and he's offered to help out if he can. *fingers crossed*
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Date: 2003-12-18 10:56 am (UTC)I wonder if that male student you're having trouble with was a jock in high school and was used to being coddled or catered to.
Speaking of coddled, Mom made me scrambled eggs this morning and brought them over. I'm so spoiled.
I'm glad you like RotK. I'm still not sure when I'll go to see it. Maybe my brother will want to over New Years.
Good luck to M on getting out of the, what do you call it, chain restaurant from hell?
And on another completely different subject, I miss old Cordelia, from Buffy and very early Angel.
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Date: 2003-12-18 04:41 pm (UTC)Evil Chain Restaurant. ;-)