December 30, 2001
From the desk of Jane Galt:A Plug for Lord of
A Plug for Lord of the Rings
Saw it on Friday. I loved it. The friend I saw it with, who does not read fantasy or science fiction and doesn't much like action films, loved it. As far as I can tell, everyone who's seen it loved it.There are very few movies I've seen that left me with nothing critical to say. (Megan? With nothing critical to say? Can this be right?) Saving Private Ryan -- kill the speech to the grave & cut to him saying "Tell me I lived a good life", please. The English Patient -- yes I know the desert is desolate & beautiful, and war sucks. Now get the lead out. Titanic -- well, for starters, stop letting Leonardo read his lines from cue cards located somewhere over Kate Winslet's shoulder. (See? I don't have nothing critical to say.) But Lord of the Rings, while long (a feeling probably exacerbated by the fact that it was late, I was tired, and the air conditioning in the theater was set to "arctic blast") left me filled with nothing but wonder. See it.
Posted by Jane Galt at December 30, 2001 03:11 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links