mmm. i saw the two towers again last night with keong...it was rather worth it a second time round. not bad...so far, RM 20 spent on the movie...barring the special edition extended vcd [dvds are for the uppity] which would set me back an additional RM 35 [the fellowship extended vcd is worth every penny]. as in most trilogy settings, the second movie always seems to be the best. remember the empire strikes back? or the godfather part ii? this movie has dramatic tension, humour [provided superbly by an in-form john rhys-davies], loads more action than the fellowship...it's got pretty much more than the original...and that's saying a lot. now, i'm basically still on the fellowship in terms of book reading...in fact, i may just cut myself off from reading the book completely, since it seems to be an arduous task that even the most patient person could never undertake...then again, thinking about the number of people i know who've read it, maybe i've got a point to prove. mmm. i don't want to get left behind. anyway, i'm pretty sure that most of you have seen the movie. quite good, really. frodo is getting closer to being fully seduced to the darkside. aragorn might be a lothario of epic proportions [princess of rivendell, possible heiress of rohan]. gandalf becomes a whitelighter. gimli's still short...and loving it. and there's that forward flip that legolas does onto the horse...it's rather a priceless two second's worth of footage. on the downside, liv tyler only appears for a few short, short scenes...

mmm...speaking of elves, it seems that the person who speaks elvish the best [or at least uses it in a conversational tone] is probably viggo mortensen...orlando bloom, hugo weaving and liv...sorry...they just seem so stiff. it's probably because it's coz they want the diction to be clear...or that they're elves and they really do speak that way [which may rather well be the case]...but viggo does it naturally and admirably. dammit. who's the coolest member of the fellowship? my bet's on aragorn...i thought it was legolas coz he can do so much [forward flip notwithstanding, he's also probably a thinking man's sniper, and his elf-ears and elf-eyes are a package to be reckoned with], but aragorn is my man coz basically...he gets the girls, he's rather good at tracking [being a ranger and all] and he's indirectly responsible for the "dawn of man".

as for gollum? cute, isn't he?

i wish that they would have focused more on helm's deep. something tells me that the extended vcd/dvd is gonna have a scene of gandalf finding eomer. or whatever is name is. a good movie, nonetheless...and did i mention how cute gollum is? hard to believe that they remodelled him. i love the lighting effects...he does look cgi, but more realistic than whatever cgi has given us so far.

kudos. yes.

"the closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm". yes, pippin.