{"id":62,"date":"2002-12-31T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2002-12-31T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2002-12-31T18:26:41","modified_gmt":"2002-12-31T18:26:41","slug":"towering-above","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Towering Above"},"content":{"rendered":"

After meandering about and, finally, repurchasing the books,
\nI finally gave in to another temptation. Saturday we arrived at the
\ntheater to see one of the big ticket movies of winter, either
\nThe Two Towers<\/a> or
\nDie Another Day<\/a>.
\nThe newest Bond flick wasn’t showing, leaving only the
\nmovie I desperately wanted to see but also desperately wanted to
\navoid. After all, I haven’t yet cracked the books for the second time.
\nCuriousity got the best of me and, with
\nimpending<\/a> shut down of
\nmy personal life, I thought it best to fill up my schedule sooner rather than
\nlater. So the wife and I went to see the second episode of the Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n

There are certain movies that must be seen on the big screen, where
\nyou can be surrounded by speakers and taken away by the picture
\nthat encompasses your field of vision. Sometimes the urge to be
\nfirst in line makes you walk to the ticket booth. Sometimes it’s the fact that
\nsad acting can be better ignored behind the glitter of the
\nflickering lights. Sometimes a movie is just so damn good you
\nmust see it in all its 10 foot glory, where a wall of speakers can make
\nyour seat shutter. The Two Towers was definitely one of the latter.<\/p>\n

Before Saturday, it was high atop my personal list of must-see-on-the-big-screen movies. Just about any action flick can make
\nthe list –
\nBond<\/a> movies,
\nany movie with
\nArrrnold<\/a>
\nin it. Pretty explosions is usually a requirement.
\nThis year, the second<\/a>
\nepisode of Harry Potter
\nmade my list; a dark movie theater might make its magic just a bit
\nmore magical.<\/p>\n

I’m glad The Two Towers found itself on the top. It was incredible.
\nIt was epic. It’s the best movie I’ve seen
\nthis year and one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. I was glued to
\nmy seat. My very pregnant wife jostled a bit in hers but stayed right where
\nshe was.<\/p>\n

The first movie was good. It was better than good. I’ve spent about $60
\non the
\ntwo<\/a> versions of the DVD. That soundly places it high on my short
\nlist of great movies. The second movie, like the second book,
\nwas better. Braveheart and Gladiator will have some company on
\nmy DVD shelf. I can only hope that Peter Jackson is kind on my
\nentertainment budget this time around.<\/p>\n

The first movie made me think it. The second movie made me say it.
\nThe Lord of the Rings is the
\nStar Wars<\/a> of this decade.
\nPeter Jackson has picked up the ball that George Lucas dropped. The
\nsecond movie even reminded me a bit of
\nThe Empire Strikes Back<\/a>.
\nIt was much darker than the first movie and let the history
\nestablished in the first flick of the series take on a life of its own in the second.
\nThe best part is that I have no fear that Ewoks will enter the picture
\nfor The Return of the King. We have our cute little creatures and
\nthese hobbits carry swords.<\/p>\n

I have only one question for the director: how about adding a fourth movie
\nto the mix?
\nI’d love to see the adventures of the original Hobbit, good old Bilbo
\nBaggins, in big screen form. That’s where it all started. It would be
\na great place to end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After meandering about and, finally, repurchasing the books, I finally gave in to another temptation. Saturday we arrived at the theater to see one of the big ticket movies of winter, either The Two Towers or Die Another Day. The newest Bond flick wasn’t showing, leaving only the movie I desperately wanted to see but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}