Finally saw The Movie

Caw phoned a little while ago to ask if we'd like to see a movie, and I had to say that unfortunately we'd just gotten back from watching The Movie - ROTK of course. I've been squirming to see it since afrai posted her first review.:) I'll appoligize in advance for not being much of a squeer, because I know everyone's going to feel let down that I'm not ranting on about my undying love for every single character in the movie. They were all quite good, the whole movie was very good and I liked it very very much.

That said - do you think there was one single solitary drop of sentimentality that they didn't manage to wring kicking and screaming from the fiber of this flick? And overplaying things wasn't just confined to the sentimentality. I really think this would have been a case where just a tad less could have been so much more. For instance... ( cut for minor spoilers )

So, yeah, I'm a picky geek. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the movie.:) Pippin stole the show for me, right down to his adorable paisley scarf at the end, even with his habitually somewhat stunned expression.;)

EDIT: Whups, I also meant to say... During the post-movie discussion with eor he opined that the slashers didn't have anything to work with where the hobbits were concerned. I was like 'huh??' His reasoning, however; they seem so easy-going and hedonistic that he figured they wouldn't have any angst about just shagging if they felt like it. Ergo, no angst for slashers to write about.;)

Oh, and eor also said (paraphrasing a bit so I won't have to give you the entire conversation) Legolas doesn't have a long bow, he has a short beau.;)