Thursday, June 20, 2013

Long-Overdue Posting: We Read the Book and Watched the Movie

Zach and I just finished The Fellowship of the Ring, and capped it off by live tweeting a viewing of the movie. To find all of our tweets, search for the hashtag #lotrbooktomovie. Or, click the jump below for a full transcription of all the tweets. Next week we're starting The Two Towers, so let us know if you're interested in joining!

So, these are in chronological order from most to least recent. I thought about rearranging them, but I decided to choose the path of laziness. Just scroll to the bottom and read up. Feel free to watch the movie yourself and comment or tweet your own thoughts. Enjoy!

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  1. It was very different, but still good.
  2. Aragorn: Not while we have strength left. Me: do you have strength left? That was an awful lot of fighting you just did.
  3. In the book, Frodo still had the ring on, so Sam was rescued by an invisible hand, which he didn't care for. "I'm drownded"
  4. Frodo: After all of that anxsty anxst. Let's sit here and reflect.
  5. Uruk-Hai Captain: I like licking my own blood off of knives.
  6. Of course he licks the blood off of the blade.
  7. Those hobbits have crazy throwing arms.
  8. I love the noises Gimli makes when he's fighting.
  9. In the book, Frodo and Sam didn't know they were under attack. I wonder if they would have stayed to help if they had.
  10. And now, we begin The Two Towers. Because we needed one more action scene.
  11. Frodo: My heart don't like your words, Boromir!
  12. Boromir: Hey Frodo, I'm just getting some firewood. Also, the ring, ok?
  13. Legolas: my spider sense is tingling.
  14. Gimli: I'm here to question all the plans.
  15. Boromir: Hey Aragorn, I suddenly have insight about your feelings.
  16. Boromir: Hey Aragorn, stop hatin'.
  17. Sam: I can help? Frodo: I've decided to be a cryptic, gloomy loner.
  18. Frodo: I know you want to help me, Sam, but I want to wallow in my own sadness.
  19. The head uruk hai got a little too into his finger painting.
  20. Look at them uruk hai jumpin' over the log!
  21. Galadriel: Bye, Aragorn. I'll never see you again!
  22. People think that Galadriel is creepy, but I love her.
  23. Galadriel: Hey Aragorn, I was supposed to give you that necklace, but Arwen totally stole my thunder.
  24. Sam: Gots anymore daggers? Galadriel: :)
  25. Whatever, Peter Jackson. Sam was totally pumped about his elf rope.
  26. Trivia: the string of Legolas's bow is made of elf hair.
  27. I think the Uruk Hai's little top-of-the-head pony tail is smashing.
  28. Frodo: I can give you the ring? Galadriel: You're not getting out of this trip to Mordor.
  29. Galadriel: I like to dramatically act out future scenarios.
  30. Galadriel: I also have a dual man/woman voice. It's pretty rad.

  31. Galadriel: I can speak with OR WITHOUT MY MOUTH.
  32. Frodo: what will I see in the mirror? Galadriel: I don't know. Except I do, actually.
  33. The only people who are good at pouring liquids from pitchers from so high are waiters at Mexican restaurants and Galadriel
  34. Galadriel: I like to sneak around at night in my bare feet, looking in mirrors and speaking ominously.
  35. Legolas: We went needlessly into Moria. Needlessly. Even though we had no other option.

  36. Everytime I hear, "Tell me, where is Gandalf? For I much desire to speak with him," I can't help thinking of that video.

  37. Galadriel: Don't be sad, Gimli, it's terrible wherever you go.
  38. Poor Celeborn. Everyone thinks of him as "Galadriel's husband."
  39. Aragorn: I know we have the most evil object in the world with us, but please let us stay!
  40. Gimli: I might start a side war while I'm here.
  41. I wish wish my voice voice echoed like Galadriel's Galadriel's.
  42. I wonder if the dwarves tell scary bedtime stories about Galadriel to each other.
  43. Gimli: I heard this place is spooky.
  44. Gandalf: secretly, I wield an elf ring.
  45. Gimli: no tossing, unless it's hobbit tossing.
  46. The Moria music reminds me of the fish tank initiation scene in Finding Nemo.
  47. These orcs are like horrible spiders.
  48. Gandalf: There's more to this hobbit than meets the eye. I feel like I've said that before...
  49. Trolls take a moment to realize they're actually dead.
  50. I will always remember the last wavering moan of the dying troll, and I have no idea why.
  51. Frodo: instead of fighting, I'm going to sit here and shake this concussed dude.
  52. Apparently Sam's the only hobbit who sort of knows how to fight. Even though he didn't even take lessons.
  53. That look of pained realization on Boromir's face.
  54. The hobbits are so much braver in the book.
  55. Poor Pippin didn't make that much noise in the book. :(

  56. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
  57. Gandalf: let's go to the places that smell nice.
  58. Gandalf: Hey Frodo, don't be so murderous.
  59. Gandalf: Bilbo's armor was mad expensive. Frodo: I feel awkward now.
  60. I wonder how many dwarves fell off of the edge of the path on a regular basis.
  61. What would the octopus have done with the ring?
  62. So, how did Gandalf get his staff back from Saruman?
  63. Bill is the best name for a pony ever.
  64. Saruman: I'm going to narrate Gandalf's thoughts for fun.
  65. In the book, Sauron was the one messing with the weather, which is actually scarier because he doesn't even have a body.
  66. Boromir: Man, Isildur's Bane is tiny!
  67. They should have consulted the Swiss. Skis would have helped out a lot.
  68. Hobbits know how to beat up men.
  69. Frodo and Sam: I don't see any need to learn sword fighting.
  70. Walking between rocks: epic music!!!
  71. I can never tell if that elf behind and to the right of Arwen is a girl of boy elf.
  72. Elrond: elves, men, and..... free folk. Yeah. That's everyone.

  73. Elrond; Frodo's gotta go all the way, but you can ditch whenever you want.
  74. What nice birds they have in Rivendell.
  75. Hobbits scurry in. Elrond: enraged.
  76. Elrond: I was going to pick the members of the fellowship, but you guys go ahead.
  77. It sounds like Sauron is saying "modge podge." Maybe he just wants to do crafts.
  78. Elrond: One of you must take the ring to Mordor. *crickets*
  79. Gimli: less talk, more axin'.
  80. Boromir: If you stop embarrassing me, I'll stop saying stupid things.
  81. Boromir: Hey, Isildur's Bane! Let's keep it.

  82. Gandalf: If you touch that ring, I will speak MORDORIAN!!!!!!!!!!
  83. Arwen: I'm going to give you this stone instead of letting Galadriel do it because it requires less back story.
  84. Elf romancing involves standing on bridges early in the morning.
  85. Aragorn: I'm supposed to have this sword already, but I'm going to hold off until the second movie for bonus angst.
  86. When Arwen really wants to make a point, she speaks in Elvish.
  87. Boromir: I fail at first impressions. Don't look at my shame.
  88. Elrond: the line of kings is broken. Except that I know it isn't because Aragorn and I are distantly related.
  89. Elrond: all the Middle Earth peoples are lame, except for elves.

  90. Elrond: Men are weak, but elves is leaving, fool.
  91. Elrond: I want Frodo to take the ring to Mount Doom. But let's not tell him. Let's surprise him at the council meeting.
  92. Frodo and Sam: we don't understand the magnitude of this quest.
  93. That list of things Bilbo wanted to do? In the book he does all of them.
  94. I miss that time when the elves sang mocking songs about their guests.

  95. Hobbits apparently laugh hysterically when someone get's better from sickness.
  96. Elrond: I like to hover in and out of white light during healing.
  97. Frodo: starts to die. Arwen: let's stop riding our horse for some tears and hugging.

  98. I forgot how weird Frodo's healing scene is.
  99. What I want to know is this: what was Arwen going to do before the water came? She was as surprised as the wraiths.
  100. Recognizing elf words in the movie because you just read them in the book: oh, that's how you say it!
  101. Knowing Arwen's mom's story, I don't think she would have gone out all alone. Her brothers didn't go out alone...
  102. Frodo is way tougher in the book. Also, he's fifty.
  103. Making Uruk-Hai is a muddy, creepy business.
  104. Aww, I just remembered Tom Bombadil. "Bright blue his jacket is, and his boot are yellow."
  105. Hobbits are actually pretty stealthy in the book. Sacrificing details for comic relief.
  106. Frodo: Cooking bacon brings the ringwraiths, you idiots!
  107. J.R.R. Tolkien: evil people hate trees.
  108. Based on the book timeline, we should be halfway through the movie.
  109. One of the things Peter Jackson did when he cut out a lot of details was make Middle Earth a lot smaller.
  110. Pippin: keeping our focus where it needs to be.
  111. Aragorn: You don't seemed scared enough. Let me help.
  112. When I was younger I wanted long legs so I could have a cool name like Strider. Alas.
  113. Butterbur: This is an equal opportunity inn.
  114. Upset black riders sound like elk.
  115. I miss the conspiracy among Sam, Merry, and Pippin. Also, I miss Fatty Bolger.
  116. The actor that played the ring wraith played a dementor in Harry Potter.
  117. Everyone knows that if you stand in the middle of a forest road too long, things start to hiss and screech at you.
  118. Merry and Pippin bring vegetables and foreshadowing.

  119. Sam is doomed. Everything scares him.
  120. One of the proofs of turning evil is mocking hobbits.
  121. Can we have a prequel movie about the wizards coming to Middle Earth. That story is cool.
  122. How hard would it have been to make Saruman's robe "many colors" instead of white? I'm looking at you, Peter Jackson.
  123. Samwise Gamgee: not a camping pro.

  124. Sam can't sleep. Frodo is happy.

  125. Frodo, get down. There's a gardener!!
  126. Frodo: "But, Sauron was destroyed." Ring: "Hisssssss" Frodo & Gandalf: ......
  127. The ring comes with a built-in projector so we can all see the words.
  128. Gandalf: Where is the ring??!! Frodo: Nice to see you, too...
  129. Frodo: Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one. Sam: *panics.

  130. Heaven forbid you just rip the envelope, BURN IT!!!

  131. Fellowship of the Ring just became a horror movie.
  132. Pippin was always my favorite hobbit.
  133. I mean, that's why he doesn't sing all the words.
  134. No Aragorn and Gandalf catching Gollum. No spending years researching the Ring. Peter Jackson: I'm skipping the details!
  135. Bilbo: I'm off to see the dwarves! Gandalf: I'm thinking you'll only get to Rivendell.
  136. Gandalf: my magical power is looming.
  137. Bilbo totally would have been packed already. Also, would it have been that hard to have a few dwarves at the party?
  138. Hobbits are you shallow: going from horror to delight in an instant.
  139. Bilbo: I'm opening up and sharing. Frodo: You drunk, bro?
  140. Bilbo Baggins: freaking out small children for the past sixty years.
  141. Samwise Gamgee: one of my favorite introverts.
  142. Bilbo is a bit of a jerk in the movie. "Sure, I'll tell Frodo..."

  143. "I think in his heart Frodo still loves the Shire."
  144. Balance of power. Also, it's hard being tall. I speak from experience.
  145. I wonder what Bilbo was while Gandalf was giving himself a concussion?
  146. Hobbits me want to eat all the food. Where's my cake/cheese/bread/eggs/feast?
  147. Sometimes being one of the most powerful beings on the earth makes you clumsy.
  148. Also, Frodo knew the plan ahead of time.

  149. When looking for a precious object, I always search my pockets last.
  150. Gandalf is late because in the book he arrives like two weeks before the party.
  151. Gandalf doesn't really know the words of the first half of the song, he just mumbles sort of in key.
  152. too many dirty fingernails in this movie already, and we're ten minutes in.
  153. Would it have occurred to Bilbo to explain what a hobbit is? Who does he think will read this?
  154. It bothers me when Smeagol picks up the ring in water because he gets dirt under his fingernails.
  155. yep. And I might prefer her explanation to the extensive speeches in "The Council of Elrond."
  156. "None now live who remember it." Except for all the elves who were there because they live forever.
  157. "The earth has changed....I smell it in the air."
  158. and I will be using the wonderfully unwieldy hashtag . Feel free to jump in with your own thoughts!

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