Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
I am suspecting that the higher-ups probably HAD to either commit to another month (or some length of time to justify buying the new reels) OR they had to remove LoTR from the theaters before the 29th. But they don't bother to tell the people who answer the phone? The guy acted like I was asking him why Return of the Jedi wasn't in the theaters anymore.
He said: "I dunno. It has been here a long time - like almost two months, and there are new movies starting! (no I didn't correct him) Then he said this: "Maybe if it would have won more Oscars it would stay longer."
"MAYBE THE OSCARS DONT MEAN A FLIPPING THING! - MAYBE EVERYONE WAS WAITING TILL FRIDAY TO SEE IT AGAIN! Maybe more people have read MOVIE NEWS LATELY than the people who are in the flippin theater business!
GRRRRRRRRR Hobbit blood boils.
I have made comments before about parallels with the New Testament in LOTR, and this sequence is clearly one of them, it seems to me. We know Frodo thought that his duty would be done when he got the Ring to Rivendell. After the council he knew that he had more to do, but he was only one in the company of some of the Great Ones of his world. Then, after the stress of Moria and losing Gandalf, Galadriel tells him the bitter truth, that the entire weight of things is on his shoulders, that he cannot look to the Fellowship for help.
Then occurs the scene where Frodo says that he does not want to do what he has to do, and Gandalf tells him that we do not get to choose what circumstances we face, but only can choose how we will deal with them. I think that this is almost exactly equivalent to Christ's passion on Holy Thursday, when he asks the father to take away the cup which he is to drink, but finally says 'thy will be done'. Most of you reading this will see it on Holy Thursday, perhaps this dramatization of such a scene will help us all to contemplate just how bitter such a choice can be. But through Christ's choice we all may be saved, as Middle Earth was saved by Frodo's choice.
Sounds like he is about ready to write an opus, I take it. It likely will be the first FR opus to blame it all on the hobbits at Free Republic.
"I can't stand their cute little hobbit holes, I hate their furry little feet, I am sickened by their constant babbling about nothing, and their innocent little cheerfully optimistic attitudes are making me crazy!"
Well, there are a few of us down hear somewhat less cheerfull (see my comments above and in the thread summary regarding Christian references in LOTR) and even less optimistic (see my homepage). I hang around here in part because hobbits cheer me up, and I can use it.
I believe that that was before last Sunday at the Academy Awards. (I was about to call it 'Black Sunday', when I realized that could be interpreted in a way other than what I intend, which is a reference to the dissing and robbing of LOTR.) I have to say that I have just seen A Beautiful Mind and find it an ernest and admirable effort, compared to some of the trash nominated for other awards. ABM is also a well-executed fantasy, in its own way. But it simply is not comparable to The Fellowship of the Ring as a work of the imagination or the ability to inspire people.
Good night LCS... I am a tired hobbit. See everyone in the morning! :~D
I beg to differ with you. Men NEVER know anything about women, ever. Just ask my wife.
...and it takes a lot to get Hobbit blood boiling!
My viewing options are steadily narrowing. Starting Friday, the two closest theaters are down to one show a day - both at 3:30. In the next city over, they're still showing it 3 times a day starting at 1:30. Should I make the drive and catch it at 1:30 or wait and see it at 3:30? Decisions, decisions, decisions
...and it takes a lot to get Hobbit blood boiling!
My viewing options are steadily narrowing. Starting Friday, the two closest theaters are down to one show a day - both at 3:30. In the next city over, they're still showing it 3 times a day starting at 1:30. Should I make the drive and catch it at 1:30 or wait and see it at 3:30? Decisions, decisions, decisions
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