Thank you for the lovely rec! *squooshes you* The fact that I'd seen FOTR EE in the theater and then again when I got the blu-ray DVDs had a definite if unconscious impact on choosing that scene to write about. I think I'm better at letting the characters speak for me than trying to editorialize about what I did and didn't like about the movies or particular scenes.

That said, in general I find TTT the hardest movie to watch (except that now I've been to NZ, I can squee about how I was at Edoras or the Emyn Muil and pick out the exact spots I stood!!) Parts of ROTK are excruciating as well- the 'Frodo sending Sam away' scene in particular. But mostly the numerous logical inconsistencies gnaw at me. How did Elrond get to Dunharrow so quickly? And then did he hand over the sword and promptly leave? Stuff like that. The sweeping grandeur of the scenes and the beauty of NZ and the intricacies of the costumes and Howard Shore's blissful score tend to make one gloss over these problems.

But what the movies get right, oh they get so right. So I suppose I forgive PJ for the most egregious errors!!! And he brought me to fandom, slash, and writing. On sum, I'm deeply in his debt!!!

Thanks again, Lavender!!!!