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And I would walk 2000 miles And I would walk 2000 more Just to be that man who walk 2000 miles and fell down at your door Dah dah-dah-DAH!

^0 There's no rating there! And a one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all.

Does know anything about this group/artist? Where can I (in the U.S.) get something for him/her/them at a reasonable price? Any information, really.

a gun, and i ain't scared to use it a bag of bad intention, you best not confuse it with immaturity or some impurity because those thoughts and this gun will lead to your obscurity

^10 28 November was a really good day for me this year!!!

go get a whisky drink. no. a vodka drink.

the skillz that pay the billz.

^9.9999 I'm all 10'd out.

I'll always remember those late afternoons That lasted forever and ended too soon

Yeah ... I think after the Ring is destroyed there's this pressure to end the movie ... the audience is exhuasted at that point and another storyline wouldn't work within this movie. Plus, Saruman is completely cut out, and you couldn't have the Hobbiton story without reintroducing Saruman. One of the interesting moments of that small, post-Morodor epilogue had Frodo, Merry, Sam and Pippen sitting down for ale as we saw them in the first movie, only this time there was a resignation in their faces, a realization that what they'd been through had forever changed their Hobbiton. Looking around the room at everybody being hobbits, enjoying their food and ale, they're struck by the oblivious nature of Hobbitton. On one hand that seems endearing to them, but on the other it's a constant reminder. This is seen on Frodo's face most keenly, as Hobbitton is no longer home to him. Going back to Mordor ... it was very cool to see the eagles featured more prominently in thsi movie. They appear at the end, but anybody who has read the Hobbit has probably been awiting for a meaningful appearance by the eagles. Well, you get it in RotK.

^10 again brave enough not to give a 10 :)

Do they show Legolas more? Not really. He pretty much plays the same role in scope. He has probably the most memorable point in the battle scene when he single-handedly takes down one of the Mamakil ... the effects for that sequence are remarkable. But Bloom, as an actor, doesn't get to do much besides count. I mean this literally. Do the hobbits go back? Yes. The movie ends in hobbiton. Jackson spends an inordinate amount of time retracing them back to Hobitton ... HOWEVER, the Hobbitton they find IS NOT the Hobbitton depicted by Tolkien for their return. This Hobbitton is the Hobbitton they left: simple, scenic, and home. No chains.

What would I win in that kind of suit?

Yeah ... when legolas gets decapitated, you might cry.

^10!!!!! Great use of the alt-lang.

^0 it's null

Today, 12 Memories had to get knocked down to #9 on my list of Favorite Albums of 2003. :( I wish Travis was more appreciated on this side of the pond.

:huh: I never heard that remix before Yeah ... they performed it at halftime of the UEFA Championship last year. It was lame. :P

Exactly. That's why the news gets sensationalized ... or to put it better, the news covers the sensational aspects of stories: They don't want to be PBS.

:embarrased:

I cried last Saturday in a movie theatre.

American media, like all television entertainment, is just responding to the American public. It's not so much they need soething to fill up all the time, though this is true. To me, it's easier to understand it in terms of the viewers. The viewers want more and better stories to occupy their time, and when an element of demand enters the picture the qualities of the product become distorted. In that way, it's like the music business. Typically that which is right in front of you (i.e., Britney Spears) is nothing but that which they are trying to sell you. The product closer to the true asthetic probably lies behind the fascade. I like that last sentence.

I didn't read any of the books but will now. I wasn't into LotR until I saw the first movie, and since I heard the movies were pretty different from the books in some respects (i.e., Arwan), I'm going to consider the movies soething totally different from the books ... ... that said, I did start to cheat this summer and I read the first 11 chapters of LotR (e.g., I read about half of Fellowship). When the extended edition DVD of TTT came out and they had the homage of Old Man Willow, I was able to understand where that came from. Having read when I did, I completely understand why Tom Bombadil wasn't in the movie. In the book he's cool and neat but for a movie he doesn't add anything. Sometimes I wish I had readthe book before seeing the movies, but that just wasn't meant ot be. Essentially, I found the movies first. Re: Crying ... ... a lot of people were crying by the end of the movie. A lot of them started their crying when Theodin died.

My least favorite Coldplay songs was the remix of The Scientist they did with Aerosmith and Run DMC.

I'm very happy there weren't more casulaties. I can't imagine being a mother who lost a son or daughter in this conflict. You still feel proud of your child because they sacrificed themselves for a great cause, but when they lose their lives for something where the causes and goals are controversial it yields a constant "Why?"