even my legs fell asleep

We went to see the “Return of the King” this evening. The movie theater was completely packed more than a half an hour prior to showtime. I loved the first two movies; I was totally there in Middle Earth fighting evil with our heroes, and I was disappointed when they had to end. I know I am going to be the lone critical voice on the internet, but “Return of the King” just didn’t do it for me – please forgive me. This movie felt long. It was slow and it didn’t need to be made any slower by slow motion filming, sad music and extraneous, sweeping shots of whatever. I mean, I know the orc army is big – how many times do you need to show me? You have sufficiently proven that the elephants can be taken out – do I really need to see it another six times? Yes, yes, fighting, killing, emoting, fighting, killing, emoting – on and on. I almost think Iraqi Freedom took less time. The guy next to me started pulling a MST3K and made comments throughout the movie (often something about Dawson’s Creek). Still, I am glad I saw it to close out the movie version of the story in my mind (I read the books several times growing up, so the overall story itself was already closed out in my mind). And, it was an enjoyable evening out.

Today overall was fantastic. It was the perfect end to an amazingly productive week. My most beloved gave me a day off and brought me tea and cake in bed this morning. He made eggnog french toast. He baked chocolate cakes this afternoon and just served up tasty, sizzling bacon and eggs for dinner. It was a breakfast food-y kind of day – probably an indication that I need to go grocery shopping 🙂