Saturday, November 22, 2003

Away with the Exams! I'm FREEEEEEEE!~!!!!!!!

*rotfl* Exams O.V.E.R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omigawd, am over the moon, as you can see. All the papers were killers but I guess nothing can be done liao ^^;;; And now, for the BIG news. *takes deep breath*...*drumroll*

IBOUGHTTHENEWTWOTOWERSEXTENDEDDVD!!!!EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *squeals excitedly*

Ok. For those who didn't get it, yours truly went out and bought herself the Two Towers extended version dvd. *dances around* Okay. Here's my big review ^^ It's gonna be long, and with SPOILERS of sorts, though I'll try to keep it to a minimum, so read at your own risk ^^

overall presentation

In general, compared to FOTR, this one had better packaging. You can actually see them think, 'Hey, let's make this look more real and collectable!'. So the paper is different. And everythign just looks beautiful! There's the usual ethereal pencil sketches all over, on vellum-like backgrounds, very authentic ^^ You feel like youre really holdinn this big treasure in your hands! (I stopped breathing when the wrapper finally came off ^^;;;;)

Another thing about this dvd is that, this time round, they had subtitles for everything, including the interviews, so that you could understand everything that was being said, including the irish accents ^^ I thought it was a nice touch ^^

the movie

And now on to the main reason why I'm writing this. The movie blew me away! Bloody Brilliant! Smashing!!!!!! Wicked!!!!! *____* The extra scenes that were inserted in this movie were very cool. IMO, alot of TTT was a little disjointed and not so close to the book, cos they missed out parts like Pippin and Merry at Isengard with the pipeweed, reasons why Faramir acted like who he was etc. So they added many relevant bits to make it come together as a much much better story. It was much tighter, and, for the layman, more sensible. Also, there was lots more on the Ents and their culture. I loved those bits ^^ They added some of Tom Bombadil's hints here and there too!!! And many more jokes XD All in all, I give the movie 10 out of 10 ^^ Awesome!!!!! *in awe*

the extras

The usual extras were all present, but for me, the real gem was in disc four, where they interviewed all the actors on two issues, the first being sword fighting, and the other being the war scenes. These two big sections had me in stitches for two hours!!! Viggo, Orli, Pippin and Merry had lots of screen time for this, cos they were just soooooo ridiculously funny XD XD XD I can't half describe it to you! You'd have to see it, since these jokers were acting everything out. Viggo, for one, got accused of being ghei, and he mischieviously upped the ghei factor by doing an Orlando-bloom and kissing Bernard Shaw (king of rohan) XD XD And then he cryptically admitted (sorta) that he was attracted to a bearded lady...*howls* Then he played tricks on Orlando. He got a really big stunt man to go over to orli and give him a head-butt greeting. Poor orli was caught by surprise and got stunned. Then he got butted again, before he could realise what just happened. The conversation while Viggo and Orli were retelling it went something like this (they were in seperate recording sessions, so the thing is rather disjointed ^^):

Orlando: We had this really stupid *pause* -childish- *pauses somemore, has disgusted look on face* ridiculously meaningless greeting ritual then! You have two grown men saying nice things to each other, and then one guy will take the other guy's head, and butt his head with the other man. It was ridiculous! *snorts*

Sala (stuntman): We were at this bar and I was drinking with Viggo when Orlando walked in. Then Viggo saw him and whispered to me, "Hey, Sala, go give him a head-butt greeting! Go on!" And I was like "No, no, that won't be good, would it?" And he said, "No, no, come on, it'll be fun!" So I went over, said "Hi Orlando! How are you today?" and gave him a big BIG butt on his head. *snickers*

Orlando: Sala just came up to me and before I knew what he was doing, he hit me on the head. And I was like, 'White light! White Light!!" Cos that's all I could see!! *acts stunned and shocked* (At this point, you see why Orlando had so much contempt for the greeting ritual *ROTFL*)

Viggo: And then Sala hit him again! *smug grin*

Orlando: And I went again, "White light! White Light!!!!" And now everytime I see Sala, I see white light!!! *laughs*

Viggo: Elves are a fragile lot. *sneers* Especially the Mirkwood strain. *snickers loudly* *chortles for a bit*

Sala: And the next day, we all got a dissing from Makeup cos Orlando had this big red patch on his forehead! It was really big! *lol*

Viggo: *smug grin* and Orlando has, you know, flawless complexion, perfect elven skin...*grins wickedly*

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And there was another bit, when Orlando broke his rib - Peter Jackson was full of praise for him, saying how fantastic he was, being able to film one day after the incident. The hobbits, however, had other things to say *lol* Orli was busy mentioning how he was the first person to be injured in the entire fellowship In fact, the bugger sounded rather proud of his 'achievement' *rotfl* Then the hobbits started complaining about how he kept mentioning his fall to everyone. Elijah even acted out how the guy was acting, moaning and groanign like a spoilt brat. *lol* And when Orli was told that the other guys said that, he was offended *lol* *rotfl* Very cute ^^

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In yet another scene, Peter mentioned about how, when he was about to film his favourite scene where Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were chasing orcs, he ended up working with the mortally wounded instead, since Viggo had just broken two toes, and Orli had his infamous rib injury. XD But the guys decided to just film the scene, so they ended up running for hours on end.

Peter: And after every take, you could hear them go, 'Oh Christ! Oh God!" and moaning and groaning like they were in terrible pain! (*rotfl*)

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*rotfl* SO, as you can see, the interviews were really, really good. This selection was only like one tiny part of it XD XD There were things on how Pippin and Merry lost their family jewels *koffkoff* and how production stopped because of one small bug...*lolol*

Extras get 20 out of 10 for pure pleasure *ROTFL*

Slash and bishonen factor

100 marks!!!! *rotfl* *squeals* Lots of slash, both in the movie and the interviews ^^ And I'd forgotten just exactly how much UST there was between Aragorn and Legolas at Helm's Deep...*sighs blissfully* Orli and Viggo get much more screen time,which is really...heaven.... And OF COURSE!! How could I forget?? There was a part in the swordfighting section that featured Orli in shorts and tight sleeveless shirt holding two elven blades and practising sword fighting. I was like ...*droooooooooooooool* took me awhile to get my finger off the repeat button XD XD That was the ultimate bishie moment. Orli in shorts is just...so...rare...........*sigh*

And that was it. My biased review XD XD. GET IT!!!!

And since it's so long, I'll leave the replies for later (ok, ok, I'm a lazy pig. Get used to it ^^)

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