The Lord of the Rings; the Two Towers

(Spoiler Alert if you haven’t seen The Fellowship of the Ring)

Summery

Frodo continues his quest with Sam. Saruman continues bringing the 2 hobbits, Merry and Pippin, to him by the hands of his oruci. After laying Boramir to rest, Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli, chase after the oruci. They run into some of the Riders of Rohan…

Cool Stuff

· MORE FIGHTING!!! With black blood.
· “You’ll have to throw me… just don’t tell the elf.” ~Gimli
· “I… am an ENT!” ~Treebeard
· The relationship between Legolas and Gimli as they wait for the fight from behind tall walls that the vertically challenged can’t see over.

GIMLI

[Jumping and straining to see] What’s happening out there?

LEGOLAS

Shall I describe it to you? [Looks at Gimli with a grin] Or would you like me to find you a box?

GIMLI

[Laughs good-naturedly] Hehehehe!!

Moral Stuff

Yet again, pretty clean

Stupid Stuff (Spoiler Alert)

· Love the competition between Gimli and Legolas.
· The stupid little drain. By now SOMEONE must have thought of that drain as an entrance.
· Gollum. He just irritates me. “We could let HER do it!” but then is so informative as to who this HER is.

· The ending conversation between Frodo and Sam is so sweet.

* SAM
I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales.

FRODO
What?

SAM
I wonder if people will ever say, ‘let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring.’
And they’ll say ‘yes, that’s one of my favorite stories.

Frodo was really courageous, wasn’t he, dad.’

‘Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that’s saying alot.’

FRODO
Huh, you left out one of the chief characters
– Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam.

[Frodo turns to look at Sam.]

FRODO
Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam.

SAM
Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn’t make fun. I was being serious.

FRODO
[smiling] So was I. [He turns to walk on]

SAM
[Dreamily] Samwise the Brave. [He gives his backpack a heave and follows Frodo]*

* http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Lord-of-the-Rings-The-Two-Towers.html *

Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Rings

Summery

Frodo’s uncle has a ring that makes him turn invisible. Unfortunately, this same ring is wanted by Sauron, who’s basically the Lord of all evil. So Gandalf sends Frodo off with Samwise Gamgee to take the ring to the inn of the Prancing Pony in Bree where Gandalf would meet up with them. Pretty easy right?

Cool Stuff

· The use of black blood mellows all injuries.
· Gandalf is pretty darn sweet
· BALROG!
· “They’ve got a cave troll” ~ Boramir

Moral Stuff

Pretty clean. Mostly just fighting.

Annoying Moments. (Spoiler Alert)

· Don’t you just hate it while you’re trudging through waist deep snow while the elf is standing on top off it?
· Gimli, if the ring could be destroyed by hitting it with a sharp object, don’t you think someone would have done that by now?
· Arwen, if you’re so worried about Frodo, don’t stop and taunt the ring wraiths, get him to your father, Agent Smith. Wait… wrong movie.
· Gandalf, this time could you not turn around and get pulled into the dark pit? Just this once to make things interesting?

Ironman

General Info

Ironman is a well made film that, though predictable, is mostly family friendly. Even though the beginning starts with lose morals and a carefree “living for the now” Tony Stark, it sets up a plot in which you watch this character go from careless to caring.

Cool stuff

· Tony Stark is a genius. He works well with his hands and would be a benefit to society if he wasn’t spoiled.
· Stark owns up to his companies actions
· Ironman. How can one watch this movie w/o wanting a suit like that?
· All the explosions

Moral Stuff

· The beginning of the movie includes many loose morals
· Swearing is minor

Stupid Stuff (SPOILER ALERT)

· The robot with the fire extinguisher is funny, even though he is quite stupid.
· The way Stark fell after getting free should have killed him. He fell head first.
· When he escaped in his first rough ironman, the flames and varies forms of heat should have cooked him alive.