it's treebeard, not longbeard. :D

Nice Dave, thanks! I plan on returning for another day's worth of viewing before the Oscars. And Viggo was oddly wooden and diffuse this time around - I did not have that impression in the other two.

After my first time seeing the movie, I went back mainly because of Liv Tyler. I think she should win an award but I don't know what. Because, uh...never mind.

When you say Gollum nominated, you mean Andy Serkis, right? I think it's amazing how hard he worked even when he was "just" playing a CG character. What about the trend of CG characters in movies? Hmmm. Where's that headed?

Lets see now, Return of the King...
Yes, that would be the movie that robbed me of 9 dollars and three and a half hours of my life. Never have I seen so many grown men crying. It was all so sad and pathetic and totally anitclimatic and sadly, boring. By the end of the movie I didn't give a crap about any of the characters I just wanted the movie to be over, and I found Elijah Woods' attempts at being a cheery little hobbit to be intensely annoying. As a matter of fact I found the whole end of the movie to be an enormous disappointment.
They pissed away all of the good moments and they sucked the life out of the story. Oh well. Thats what they get for shooting it all at once.

No, I'd like it to go to Gollum, the CGI character who transcended his programmers and Serkis.

Must disagree about Viggo. His performance was not Oscar-worthy, but I thought his evolution into being kingworthy was moving and anything but wooden.

I agree -- something must be done for Andy Serkis, who was just terrific. And Sean Astin ought to be up for Best Actor.

Natalie, David said that Viggo Mortensen should be favored over a tree "for the award for Best Acting by an Inanimate Object." I think he was saying that his performance wasn't too hot.

yes, which is why she disagreed

Ooops. Sorry, I misread that. Carry on.

The Mrs Ed / Liv Tyler controversy is examined in further detail (including photos!) on my blog page:

www.expatatlarge.com/blog/

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I think Viggo did a pretty good job, and I really liked all the movies. Gollum was amazing, as were all of the digital effects/ minatures. Elijah did alright, but he didn't make a very good happy hobbit. Sam was far better.

The movie was spectacular compared too how bad it could have been. There is really no way to do a story like lotr complete justice, but they did parts pretty well.

Eowyn was done really well.

Return of the King was a terrible movie, nothing but a parade of special effects and expensive cameras and exotic locations. BORING. Two Towers sucked too; The Fellowship was the only film that came close to conveying the magic and CHARACTERS of Tolkien's vision. Giant Orcs. Woo Hoo. I think people's tastes for substantial films is pretty much gone, we're all a bunch of drooling geeks for special effects and pretty colors.

Joel,

Please stop making fun of me!! Yes, I am a drooling geek and I like special effects and pretty colors. Actually, that's why I like Insane Clown Posse!

In fact, that's all that Return of the King really is - the Insane Clown Posse of movies.....