I think I need a new computer.... :( :( :(
Overtaxed: What's the web address for that website you showed us in chat the other day for motherboard bundles? I can't remember it, and I don't think I bookmarked it.
My brother-in-law was here yesterday for Easter brunch. He is a LOTR afficionado; has read the trilogy, by his estimates, around 30 times, dating back to his late teen years.
He loves the books & has used them as his "escape" against the trials & tribulations of life.
He does not want to see the movie.
He is afraid that his perceptions of the story and the characters, carefully honed and perfected over his many readings, will be forever skewed if he gives in to, in his words "Hollywood hype".
WELL..............
I began by explaining that the movie was not filmed in Hollywood, but in New Zealand. That got his attention. Then I showed him my FOTR calendar, slowly, page by page, introducing him to each character; he was pleasantly surprised ("That's EXACTLY how I've always pictured Gimli!!", "Yeah, those Orcs are nasty!") and had only 2 negative comments: 1.) He's always pictured Galadriel as being middle-aged, and 2.) He's always pictured Aragorn as slender and BLONDE. He seemed particularly nervous about the film's interpretation of Aragorn; whether they would maintain his sense of nobility and decency, or whether he would come across as a macho, Schwartzeneggar type; I told him as best I could that the character remains intact throughout and that in spite of the fact that he is such a hottie, that one really admires him not just for his looks but also for his other sterling qualities.
Then I brought him in here, to this thread, and showed him some of the Aragorn pictures that hve been posted here; he admired the fact that the always looks like he just crawled out of the woods or out of a recent battle; no "pretty boy"-type affectations going on here.
Then I showed him one of the sites that has pictures from the 3 movies..he was fascinated.........kept saying "Yes! Yes! That's how I've always pictured it!"
Then I played the soundtrack for him. He happens to love Enya, so that helped.:)
He's still not convinced. My last argument was this: that the people I have talked with HERE have also read the books many, many more times than I have, and you all seem to have loved the movie; and that the movie-makers, and some of the actors, themselves love the trilogy and have an interested in preserving the integrity of the story.
Should I keep encouraging him to go? Or does he run the risk of losing his carefully preserved mental images forever?
You would not BELIEVE the amount of discussion this engendered yetserday.........