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16.03.04

Posted by Jun
[ Film ]

日曜日にとうとうロード・オブ・ザ・リング3部作の最終章「王の帰還」を観ました。既に観たという友人にはイマイチだったようだけど、私にはオモシロかったです。ただもう少し短くてもイイかな？予告や広告も含めると3時間50分もの間、映画館のイスに座ってた事になります。ヴァージンシネマズ六本木ヒルズの足下が広めのシートに座ってても限界ギリギリでした。それにしてもポップコーンのキャラメル、もうちょっと増えないかな・・・。

On Sunday, we finally watched The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Our friends who watched it already didn't seem happy about the film but I really enjoyed it. I think it could be shorter though. It was tough to sit on a seat for 3 hours and 50 mins (including film trailers and advertising), even Virgin Cinemas Roppongi Hills has large feet spaces and better seats. By the way, I want more caramel on popcorn...

思いがけず、ハマってしまったロード・オブ・ザ・リング。原作のThe hobbitから全部を読んでみたくなりました。でも話だけでなく、監督ピーター・ジャクソンも良かったのかな。10年くらい前にプリンス・チャールズ・シネマで観た彼の「乙女の祈り」は今でも強烈に覚えてます。ケイト・ウィンスレットが役にピッタリ。タイタニックのヒロイン役よりずっとイイ！恐いけどスゴイ映画。

I did enjoy The Lord of the Rings much more than I thought. I want to read Tolkien' The hobbit now. I think the director Peter Jackson was also great. I still remember very clearly his film Heavenly Creatures which I saw at The Prince Charles Cinema about 9 years ago. Kate Winslet become best known in Titanic but she was so much cooler in Heavenly Creatures! Very scary and very beautiful.

Jean wrote:

I'm reading THE HOBBIT right now, and it's really fun. After that I'll read the LOTR series, as I've never read them, even though I'm a huge fan of the films. My wife recently bought the Japanese language version of LOTR. Comes in 9 volumes!

Jun wrote:

My plan is also to start with The Hobbit and LOTR after. 9 volumes sounds crazy! Maybe they are thinner than the English version?!

Carsten wrote:

I remember being absorbed in The hobbit and LOTR books when I was around 12 years old. But the only thing I remembered was the atmosphere: the characters/creatures, the places, the battles etc. It's amazing how well Peter Jackson managed to capture that atmosphere. And I liked seeing glimpses of his "300 liters of blood per minute" splatter roots in LOTR.

Jean wrote:

As for the Japanese edition, yeah, they're in the small book format that is regularly seen in Japan. And for the splatter, yeah, brought back memories of DEAD ALIVE!

nigel(britishmuseum) wrote:

Hi Jun. Heavenly Creatures is one of my all time favourite films too. I really loved the fantasy animations in it when the girls' models come to life. I think it is the best thing Kate Winslet ever did.Did you know it is all 'based on a true story'?