Monday, December 30, 2002 :::
 

I saw half of the first Lord of the Rings movie last night. This morning I picked up the book and tried to read it. I don't have the memory required, I don't think; a lot of it seems written as to make the Old Testament compelling. "Then King Erenfel of the Korloks did slay Carbondale of the Salukis" or some such; just like the old testament, I find it fine interesting insofar as I can keep the names straight — which isn't actually sofar.

The movie, then, is an improvement, in that I have somewhat more success keeping the characters straight: that tall dark fellow, Liv Tyler, that guy from the Matrix. No problem. But the movie does seem a bit overproduced at points, to the extent that I spent part of the movie trying to remember what other movie I recently found "overproduced" so I could compare them. I fully intend to watch the rest of it in the near future, and the next one, regardless.

::: posted by dWj at 12:42 PM

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