It occurred to me while watching Lord of the Rings - Return of the King that if Faramir would have just got some balls, whupped his crazy old man, and took charge, things might have gone better for them in the battle at Minas Tirith. Oh well, I suppose it worked out OK.

Also, those damn hawk things that flew in at the end of the movie, where the hell were *they* before? Wouldn't it have been a better plan to fly Frodo into Mordor, nix the ring, party on the patio, and Bob's your uncle?

I noticed a lot of 'knowing glances' between Gandalf and Perigrin Took that were in the Extended DVD version, not to mention lots of touchy-feely moments between them throughout ROTK. I have a feeling the Hobbit might have been intrigued by the Magic Staff, if you know what I mean...

It did make me sad that after all the good done by Frodo and friends, they finally return home and they don’t seem particularly happy. I guess the payoff is that they aren’t dead which isn’t uplifting at all. Jack Nicholson was right, the story has too many damn endings. The story should have ended sooner, and left us with the illusion of ‘happily ever after’. The whole surreality of the boat sailing to 'the undying lands' or whatever sounds like someone had too much LSD. I'm sure there is a reason everyone who touched the ring got booted off the continent. Guess I will have to read the books again, I havent read them in some time...

Also, is anyone else annoyed by the sheer amount of time the camera was locked on the face of Liv Tyler's expressionlessness? No wonder the extended DVD version is 4 hours long. Well, at least you get your money's worth. Oh, she's no Catherine Elise Blanchett but she ain't half-bad-lookin neither, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

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-CZ

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