Return Of The King

[fleetfootmike]

Finally got to see it this afternoon, in the company of bardling, djbp, and non-LJing friends.

Wow.

I choked up at that first, long, utterly unbelievable shot of Minas Tirith, and Gandalf's headlong ride up the streets. Just utterly utterly right.

And the "oh WOW" moment was that moment of impact between the charging Rohirrim and Sauron's army on the Pelennor Fields, when the bad guys are literally swept away in about a second and a half... Awesome.

Comments

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

And then you get those damned Mumakil, and the whole feel of the battle starts to collapse. I don't think PJ handles battles that well, and the way he chops and changes the sequence of the events around the charge loses things.

There's other places where he plays fast and loose with the timing, but the whole death and glory feel of the Second Charge has been thrown away.

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[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Oh, but come on, that exact scene worked so well in Empire Strikes Back...