General naughtiness

[ashinae]

And this is further proof that I am completely mental. EDIT 19 April, 2007: This was a wav file that I mashed together, but is now long gone, of Aragorn saying "Come, Boromir" and Boromir replying, "As you wish."

Sara and I watched Two Towers last night -- there are some perks for working at a video store. For instance, being able to bring mine home early. Have pre-paid for it through credit on my account which will be taken off on Tuesday. Ahh. We had a fair amount of fun commenting on the things well-done in the movie, pointing out the stuff that's straight from John Howe or Alan Lee art ("That's Howe!" "There's some Lee!" "Howe!" "Lee!" "WHEE!"), and mocking the things that are just plain WTF? material. ("By all rights we shouldn't even be here!" "No shit, Sherlock!"). Lots of fun made at Legolas' expense ("He is now attempting facial expression number 7...", covering our eyes for the two Stupid Elf Tricks -- the jumping on the horse's back and the thing with the shield).

One thing that seems interesting is that as time passes, I am coming to terms with Jackson did to Faramir. On the other hand, it is becoming harder and harder to deal with the caricatures that are Legolas and Gimli. It's PAINFUL. At least there's some, ah, vague intimations to what Tolkien actually wrote -- they are only interesting when interacting with each other. Doesn't help that Legolas has some really stupid things to do and say, that make it so easy to mock him. I can still, at least, hold on to some tiny, faint glimmer of hope that Jackson will do a little hint of them sailing into the sunset together, as Tolkien said they did. Of course, he's botched up so much so far, that it's highly unlikely.

Oh. Legolas and Haldir fans? PLEASE stop e-mailing me to make a vid about either of them. Please. I am going to make a vid about Elves in general at one point. And I will probably do one or two more silly vids along the lines of "Oh Yeah" or "Hot Stuff" just being superficial eye candy that they will likely show up in. But Legolas and Haldir don't DO enough to warrant an entire video about either of them. Thank you.

Thank you, and enjoy your Saturday.

Comments

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

Uh..not sure i want to see the next grabs :(
(scared)
I strongly disliked Faramir for a little while, and then I had a sort of epiphany and now I really like him. he is more humna and more Gondorian and more similar to Boromir, not the almost-saint of the books (that is, as a Boromir purified after death).
and you are mental :)

[ashinae.livejournal.com]

I would really, really like to assure you that the grabs from here on in aren't very tragic and sad. I'm afraid that would make me a liar.

The thing with Faramir:
Saintly!Faramir worked well in the books, because Aragorn, as the personality-less character he was, was not tempted by the Ring and had a very clear view of what he Had To Do. However, Jackson gave us a properly human, insecure, flawed Aragorn -- you know, somebody we can really care about. However, my theory is, this couldn't work alongside saintly! and notreallytempted!Faramir. I suppose they couldn't have tempted!Aragorn -- the Aragorn who cannot answer when Frodo asks, "Would you destroy it?" It's not the best reasoning, to be sure, but I suppose it serves its purposes. Jackson could have done with keeping everyone closer to book-canon-characterisation, but then I don't think the movie audience who never read the book would have cared enough about Tolkien's personality-less Aragorn. I know I never did. He was actually my least favourite character for that reason.

In addition to that (and all my ramblings), I am under the impression -- particularly after having seen the extended edition preview -- that Jackson is playing up the dysfunctionality of the Steward's family. I think we're being fed the idea of a Faramir who is forgotten, neglected, and desperate to prove himself. The one thing I always noticed is that he says that they will take the Ring to his father. Not that he will take it, not that they will take it for Gondor -- but that he wants to take it home to daddy. "Faramir sends a noble gift."

Ultimately I guess it comes down to the fact that Jackson raped every character to one extent or another. A flawed, angry Faramir -- particularly when David Wenham played him so brilliantly that he seemed to actually evoke Sean Bean -- is far easier to swallow than the caricatures that are, say, Legolas and Gimli *G*

And wow, that was long...

[lannamichaels]

And this is further proof that I am completely mental.







Je te adore.

[ashinae.livejournal.com]

Merci! I knew you'd like it *G*

[ribby.livejournal.com]

And this is further proof that I am completely mental.

*snort-giggle* Oh thank you, Ashinae... I needed that! Besides, you're not completely mental if many other people are thinking it (OK, I wasn't at the time, but now... god, I can't _ever_ watch this movie with a straight face again...).

*huge goofy grin*

~Kris