WOW
...and now, I have a question....
In the preview, is there a shot of Eowyn dressed in armor riding a horse and looking sad? (I'm remembering that "everything makes me sad" from above, lol). I could not place the person in that one shot at all, and they looked so strange, until I realized that maybe that was her. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
I really like that impressive shot of Aragorn, Legolas, Theoden and Gimli atop the walls of Helm's Deep. Wow.
I find that I can remember more now...Gandalf on Shadowfax is just amazing. And when the 4 walk forward together (I think they're approaching Theoden), they look so forceful.
For some reason, the way the preview is structured, I'm recognizing a huge contrast between Aragorn's character-arc and Frodo's. As the one becomes stronger and more powerful, the other grows steadily weaker. I don't know why I hadn't thought of that before. I love the contrasts and comparisons we are getting between Gandalf the White and Saruman the White. I can see that they're going to demonstrate how Gandalf the White is Saruman the White as he should have been. Gandalf looks an awful lot like an angel, which I think is really cool. ;)
I noticed that Frodo looks so very different already--older and so haggard. If this is how he looks in TTT, I can't imagine how worn down he will be by RotK! And Merry and Pippin--there isn't much of them in the preview, but they included some pretty intense moments, didn't they? And I just LOVE Pippin's double-take at Treebeard.
I just LOVE the way Theoden's poem punctuates the images of the coming battle. And I can't wait to see the scene when Gandalf sends Wormtongue packing!
I think it's a little odd that they just show images of Faramir looking into the distance--are they saving the interaction between him and Sam and Frodo for a later trailer? Or what? Or do they want that to be a surprise?
I have to admit, I like that little look Aragorn gives Eowyn--a little surprised how well the girl can fight, huh? LOL.
It seemed to me they even had Gimli riding behind Gandalf, just like in the book, and they also had Shadowfax leading the way, just like in the book. It is so fun watching these things begin to come to life like this!
IS IT DECEMBER YET?????????
Observations from the movie (yes, I STILL notice new things!) I think it was 2JM that mentioned how Merry ALWAYS is eating. This time through, I noticed all the times he was munching on an apple. The funniest one was by the time they all had plopped down to rest at Weathertop, Merry already had his apple a third of the way eaten. LOL. He's also munching on an apple when Frodo is reunited with them in Rivendell. Somehow, it was just too funny...
Also, I was struck by the similarity of Isildur wearing the ring around his neck and Frodo doing the same. And every time I see the scene with Elrond leading Isildur into the crack of Doom and the ring whispering to Isildur, I think of Frodo's scene when it is his turn to walk in there. I wonder if there will be similarities between the two scenes.
Had a terrific crowd at the theater...someone whooped it up when Aragorn took Lurz's head off and we all clapped, and we all clapped at the end of the preview too.
I have seen some rumors that PJ said they would be putting this preview online at the official site in a few weeks, once the movie has left the theaters. I hope that's true, and I get the feeling if he can, he will do that. There are too many people who can't see it because their theater isn't showing the movie anymore. I sure hope they plan this better for next year!
Do either of you know how to save images from video files being played in Windows Media Player? HOTD, I thought I remember talking to you about how to save frames as JPG images, but I can't figure out how to do it.
Oh, my hands are starting to shake again! I'm going to have to go see it again, I guess!
Theoden was my favorite part.