"I am no man!"
Well, I watched the second half of the uber-extended Return of the King with my parents tonight. I still like The Two Towers better, but this one has its moments. I would like now, however, to discuss Sam.
I like Samwise. A lot. In fact, I prefer him to Frodo. Frodo has always seemed...weak to me. And I know that's kinda supposed to be the point but...look, Sam carried the Ring too. And if you think about it, he carried it for what...a day, maybe two. By the time Frodo was that far into it, he was all possessive and thinking about using it. Now, when Sam goes to give the Ring back to Frodo, he hears voices in the movie. Were these the voices of the Ring aka greed, or were these the voices of reason going "dude, Frodo TOTALLY can't handle this?" I'm thinking the latter. But I haven't read the books in FOR-EV-ER, so my opinion is slightly...tainted, I guess would be the right word.
This is all after half a bottle of wine, of course.
The CAF is still up for debate. Cleo spent equal time in my mother's lap as in mine this evening, and my father once again guilted me with "How can you take the cat from this house?" It's hard to explain. I mean, I love cats. But Cleo is MY cat, and while I could get another one upon leaving the house, there's no guarantee he/she will be nearly as cute or friendly. Why risk it, I ask, when I don't have to?
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Ring. In the book (not plural) as devoted and pure as good Samwise was, the ring still tried to influence him. He hesitated for a split second before either dropping it in Frodo's hand or Frodo yanking it from him... that part I don't remember.
"I want to hear the stories of Samwise."
I hate that Eowyn totally screwed up her monologue in the movie. My favorite part in the whole goddamn "trilogy of books," and whats her face goes and screws it up. Ugh.
Maybe Sauron really came from Mustafar, and then when he moved to Middle Earth, picked Mordor because it reminded him of home.-
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