21.12.03 | 10:59 p.m. | Blank Screen

hmm. i even beat poly chroma to the tolkein commentary. that's a first. i hope she's all right - her entries have been pretty down and out the last week. i never get a chance to talk to her any more, and that makes me sad.

i'm also toying around with having a screaming match trying to set up a camera phone gallery. the whole thing needs to be hashed out over the course of a few evenings, but every time i come home, i sit uncomprehendingly in front of my computer. somehow evertime i sit down to do something, my brain just goes blank and i never get around to anything. gr.

21.12.03 | 10:08 p.m. | Obligatory & Gratuitous Summary of Tolkein

things not to be missed in return of the king:

• figwit returns! with a speaking part too!
• eowen makes herself likeable!
• billy sings!
• ian mckellan is a whirlwind of mayhem and destruction!
• viggo gets to be badass!
• cate blanchette makes three minutes of screentime break your heart.
• elijah woods is half naked!
• alan lee has gorgeous production sketches fade under the end credits.
• orlando: still the prettiest.

there's some plot about a ring and these massive battles, and hope, glory, and sacrifice. but if you wanted that, you'd read the book, right? have suddenly been inspired to read the silmarillion all the way though. perhaps this time i'll be able to do so, instead of having it sit on the bookshelf and mock me.