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Did you get to hear "Gollum's Song"?

Didn't get to stay. Time crunch. Hubby took time off work to go and had to hurry back. Will stay and listen when we go on Christmas.

Hello ALL - Brother just left for home and I am now going to try to catch up on posts, before taking a nap. Movie again in a little over 5 hours!

Whew, I'm back, and boy, I am an emotional wreck now. So much to touch on.

The first thing that struck me was the sheer human emotion that was expressed. From Theoden mourning at his son's grave, to husbands, fathers and sons saying goodbye to their families in the caves behind Helm's Deep.

Gollum is captured perfectly. At first I was looking at him and thinking about motion capture and CGI, but by the time he had the conversation between himselves, that was all forgotten. The character in the book was alive there on screen!

The movie Faramir will take a couple viewing to "get." I'm not sure that I understand his transformation yet. Not quite clear on what it was that made him finally decide to release them.

And Eowyn. She sure needs a hug. This is the character that I identify the most with in the trilogy. I hope we get more of her in the Extended Edition.

More later. Still absorbing it all. Very tempted to go back tonight.

And for the record, the moments that really choked me up:
Gandalf's fall (again)
Gandalf's return and rememberance of his former name
Theoden mourning at Theodred's grave
The Rohirrim leaving their families for battle
The charge of the White Rider (I wept here)