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so. return of the king. *expectant pause* *whistles innocently*
not bad, all in all. if you're into this sort of thing, it will make you weep (i love it when michael gets all teary!), or it will cause you to make incessently loud comments throughout the movie (much less fond of that: it made me fear any quiet moments because people felt compelled to fill them with their own voices. sometimes that's okay when watching alone with friends, but not. in. a. movie. theatre!).
other quick notes: gandalf kicks some serious ass in this movie! :D after two movies where i was ambivalent at best about pippin, i really grew to like him here (still meh about merry). the first shelob scene left me surprisingly non-plussed, but the second shelob scene made me "eep!" and squirm. one scene is entirely stolen from the empire strikes back, but with giant elephants instead of AT-ATs. from the audience there were costumes, there was cheering, there was excitable clapping and squeals of delight from a woman who was very happy to see arwen & aragorn together at the end.