Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
I'd keep only lobster
Mmmmm! My stomach is growling!
I know! If I were wealthy, I'd have what is described in the FOTR as "a table with a high reputation"!
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/print.cgi?2002-04/19/12.30.film
9:00am ET, 19-April-02
Hill Reigns In Rings Sequels
Bernard Hill, who plays King Theoden in the second and third Lord of the Rings films, told SCI FI Wire that he feels the films make Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien's profound themes more accessible to audiences. "What's wonderful about the films is that, for all the depth [of the stories]--and the books are a bit profound indeed--I think people would get confused going that deep into books and that kind of literary area," Hill said in an interview. "What the films have done is taken the deep essences of the books and made them work and kept true to them, at the same time being true to the film process. So you go and watch a film and not a documentary about the books, which is a tricky line to follow. I think the second one is better than the first one, because it deals with the world of man, so you've got a lot of emotions the public will identify with more."
Hill explained how Theoden joins the men of the Fellowship. "They need him and his army to fight Saruman and Sauron, but he's under the influence of Saruman, so they have to wake him up and exorcise a spirit. That sets him off on a growth, [because] he's just given up. The kingdom is in disarray, everything's falling down, so he kind of builds himself up. He's full of self-doubt and insecurities and gradually pulls himself back together and becomes the fighting king he was before."
On bringing the literary character to life, Hill said, "I tried to stay as true to my character as everybody else did to theirs." The second Rings film, The Two Towers, opens in December, and the third film, The Return of the King, hits theaters in December 2003.
Whew! Got all the cooking done so I'm well-provisioned for the week ahead. Are you back from church, Penny?
I actually didn't notice the lights in Galadriel's eyes myself. I read about it on another message board, so then when I watched the movie the next time I new to look for it. Pretty cool, huh? I love the fact that they used Christmas lights for that--funny the everyday things movie-makers find for the most unexpected uses.
By any chance, have you been taking any medication containing ibuprofen in large quantities lately? Or have you had a cold and were taking Sudafed? I ask because a few years ago I was having trouble with my left shoulder; doctor thought it may have been an ingury from doing some muscle building excercises with the stretchy band thingy. So he told me to take 3 Advil, 3 times a day for a couple of weeks to reduce the swelling. By the end of the second week I had developed serious heart palpitations. Called the doc and went out immediately, they did an EKG and it was all over the place! I was fixing to travel down South, so we planned to do the 24 hr monitor the following week. I had stopped the Advil the day I got the palpitations, and never got them again after that. When they did the monitor, everything was normal. I told the Doc I thought it might be the Advil, but he said he didn't think so(Hah!) I had talked to a friend on the day I had the monitor and told him what had happened. He said the same thing happened to him, but after having taken Sudafed.
To make a short story long, that's why I asked about those two. And lowering the caffeine intake wouldn't hurt either. When I make coffee in the morning, I use 2 scoops of regular and 4 scoops of decaf for a 12 cup pot of coffee. It makes 8 'vats o coffee'; we don't use cups! LOL!
Tolkien for Dummies? Seriously though, it is quite true. Hubby and the kid are both reading the Trilogy, and neither of them would have had it not been for the movie.
I'm sorry to hear (read?) that you are having health problems. I hope they are easily fixed and you're back in top form quickly.
Since this happened, I've started taking my Centrum faithfully and the doc put me on a baby aspirin and iron. Seriously, I think I just got overexcited about the Two Towers preview! LOL
Hey I can certainly understand THAT! I got an e-mail from someone at the Hobbit Hole last week with a TTT preview. I immediately called my daughter to come see it. We must have watched it 10 times that day, and when Sir SuziQ came home from work, we showed it to him. He hadn't been with us when we had seen the movie the 4th time, simply because we wanted to see that preview!!
A mathmatical correction from my previous post. Oour 12 cup coffeepot make 4 'vats o coffee'. (not 8 as I typed before-they wouldnt' be vats then would they?)
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