Mordor Helpine: 0800 NEED A RING
Consonant Reader,
I, along with my man with arms Meester Crumb have done something amazing.
We've achieved something that you lesser mortals would envy at and wish in your wildest dreams you could do yo'self.
We've taken that final step into a wider world and experienced the greater things in life, have trodden the unexplored paths which aren't paths really because no-ones really trodden them, shit bad sentence there..
We've run an emotional marathon, and ran to the end and said "Yes! Oh lord yes! We have made this our own conquest! Praise Be! Lordy lord!"
Why?
...On Saturday, myself, Crumb and my dad watched all 3 extended versions of The Lord Of The Rings back to back.
We started at 11am, finished around 12 midnight.
Bear in mind, during the watching of any films, people have to; go to the toilet, eat, drink, fuck up the DVD player so it won't show a picture (although this was just Crumbs fault), and go out to get chinese food.
All in all, it took bloody ages to watch. Remember, with these extended versions, each film is split into two DVD discs. Therefore when the first disc feels like you've been sat long enough to start feeling stubble when you'd only just shaved after putting it on, it does scare you somewhat to think "There are 5 more of these bad boys left.." .
However, watching all of them, exactly how they were meant to be shown has really opened up my eyes as to the true message of the films' purpose. Yes, it was always going to be difficult to put all of the points in the book across in the film, but by god, Peter Jackson has done a decent job here.
The summer before the first film came out, I made a point of reading "The Hobbit" and "The Lord Of The Rings" back to back, and really did go there and back again with Sam and Frodo, so I did understand the parts where the cinematic versions missed out on for one reason or another.
I really did feel as though I understood a hell of a lot more about the films after seeing the extended versions this time around.. Everything made sense and.. well, surprisingly, the last two films went by a lot quicker than the first one.
Crumb, my dad and myself survived the ordeal on a diet of diet coke, beer (naturally), carrots, celery, tomatoes, pork pies, sausage rolls, trifles, mango juice and, as I say, a bit of chow mein. We didn't starve I can assure you.
It was a trial, but one definitely worth doing. At the very very end it felt as though you'd watched one long bloody film. And it did feel satisfying, beleive me..
If you have the extended trilogy, watch them in this manner, please, you'll get a lot more out of it, plus, its a great excuse for staying at home and eating loads and drinking a bit too.
Eat drink and be merry or pippin..
(Insert another Lord of the Rings related jokes in comment box..)
Above: The One Ring, yesterday.
B x
I, along with my man with arms Meester Crumb have done something amazing.
We've achieved something that you lesser mortals would envy at and wish in your wildest dreams you could do yo'self.
We've taken that final step into a wider world and experienced the greater things in life, have trodden the unexplored paths which aren't paths really because no-ones really trodden them, shit bad sentence there..
We've run an emotional marathon, and ran to the end and said "Yes! Oh lord yes! We have made this our own conquest! Praise Be! Lordy lord!"
Why?
...On Saturday, myself, Crumb and my dad watched all 3 extended versions of The Lord Of The Rings back to back.
We started at 11am, finished around 12 midnight.
Bear in mind, during the watching of any films, people have to; go to the toilet, eat, drink, fuck up the DVD player so it won't show a picture (although this was just Crumbs fault), and go out to get chinese food.
All in all, it took bloody ages to watch. Remember, with these extended versions, each film is split into two DVD discs. Therefore when the first disc feels like you've been sat long enough to start feeling stubble when you'd only just shaved after putting it on, it does scare you somewhat to think "There are 5 more of these bad boys left.." .
However, watching all of them, exactly how they were meant to be shown has really opened up my eyes as to the true message of the films' purpose. Yes, it was always going to be difficult to put all of the points in the book across in the film, but by god, Peter Jackson has done a decent job here.
The summer before the first film came out, I made a point of reading "The Hobbit" and "The Lord Of The Rings" back to back, and really did go there and back again with Sam and Frodo, so I did understand the parts where the cinematic versions missed out on for one reason or another.
I really did feel as though I understood a hell of a lot more about the films after seeing the extended versions this time around.. Everything made sense and.. well, surprisingly, the last two films went by a lot quicker than the first one.
Crumb, my dad and myself survived the ordeal on a diet of diet coke, beer (naturally), carrots, celery, tomatoes, pork pies, sausage rolls, trifles, mango juice and, as I say, a bit of chow mein. We didn't starve I can assure you.
It was a trial, but one definitely worth doing. At the very very end it felt as though you'd watched one long bloody film. And it did feel satisfying, beleive me..
If you have the extended trilogy, watch them in this manner, please, you'll get a lot more out of it, plus, its a great excuse for staying at home and eating loads and drinking a bit too.
Eat drink and be merry or pippin..
(Insert another Lord of the Rings related jokes in comment box..)
Above: The One Ring, yesterday.
B x