Some economists thing that the job market is just getting ready to take off.
It may be hard to find a bright spot for battered and beleaguered workers in today’s job market, but if you can look beyond current woes, you may see rays of light in the not-so-distant future.
I sure hope they’re right. Maybe I’ll have a job fairly soon!!!
This is perhaps the most complete and best review of the best movie of the year.
The fact that the relative economy of his budget (and when the average action movie costs nearly $100 million, $270 million for three three-hour movies is bupkiss) compelled him to keep focused. But I think something else is at work, not only Jackson’s sense of duty to the legions of Tolkien admirers but his own love for the material. It may even be that the story of heroes who have put themselves at the service of a cause has inspired him to put himself at the service of the material.
I couldn’t have said it better.
Stay tuned for my review.
Peter Jackson has done it again. Step aside George Lucas. Steven Spielberg, your time has past. There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s not taking any prisoners.
I sat in the theater in London wondering if the magic could continue. [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]] was one of the purest joys I’ve experienced while watching a movie. Could part two possibly keep that feeling alive?
The answer is a resounding **yes**!
I’ve been [[Let’s Party]] the progress of this little project for over four years now. Like many other fans of the books, I had some serious trepidation about the possibility of the saga being turned into a series of movies. Thank goodness the task fell to the super genius Peter Jackson.
There’s one perfect sequence after another in this movie:
And just like the previous movie, there are some large departures from the text. The amazing thing that PJ has done (along with his entire writing team) is keep the spirit and themes of the books in tact.
[[Roger Ebert]] said in his review that he wishes that the whimsey of the books could have been represented instead of turning the story into an action movie. I have to respectfully, but strongly, disagree. I think he’s confusing **The Hobbit*’ with ‘*The Lord of the Rings**. Also, most of the movie is dedicated to character develpment. There’s very little action until the climax, and even then, the movie ends on a character note, not action.
He cites as an example the big battle at the end of the movie, **Helm’s Deep**, lasts for a huge portion of the movie while it’s only a very short portion of the book. I went back and looked at my copy, and in a sense he’s right. It’s only 26 pages in a 400 page book. However, if you look at the timeline in the appendices, the whole book covers only 6 days, and Helm’s Deep takes 3 of them!
Also, there’s some confusion about the length of the battle. It’s only 15 minutes of screen time.
This is for those of you thank think you should be watching movies on DVD that fill up your entire TV screen.
All that you’re doing is missing up to 33% of your favorite movies. Here, finally, is a description of why this is a very bad idea (complete with animations to help you understand).
Stay tuned for a full report.
I have a bunch of great pictures!
So far so good.
Well, it’s been interesting so far. We’ve hit Amsterdam and London and are currently in Brighton on the south coast of England. Stay tuned for pictures!!
He’ll miss the opening event of the 2003 season.
His knee has been bothering him all year.
The one-hour procedure was performed by Dr. Thomas D. Rosenberg at HealthSouth Surgical Center to remove fluid inside and outside the anterior cruciate ligament. Benign cysts were also removed.
That doesn’t sound too drastic (and I should know [[:-)]]).
Quickbeam, from [[TheOneRing.net]] was at the press screening in NYC.
The Two Towers is a huge, spectacular movie that differs in tone from its predecessor. There are fewer moments of relaxing wonderment. Instead, PJ brings the story up high to thrill you, then brings his focus back to grief and heartache. It is an unusual thing for such a big time blockbuster movie. I sense the risk he is taking here. The audience that comes in for just a pleasant diversion is in for quite a different ride.
It sounds like it has all the depth of the book. I can’t wait!!!!!
Finally, Cardinal Law has gotten around to doing what even President Nixon figured out: the office is more important than him or his legacy and it’s time to resign.
Pope John Paul II, in a dramatic recognition of the damage done to the church by Law’s repeated failure to remove abusive priests from ministry, yesterday accepted the resignation of the longtime Roman Catholic archbishop.
And it’s about time. Perhaps now, we can try to do the right thing by the victims and get these corrupt pedophile priests out of circulation!
Also, maybe the Pope will realize that allowing priests to be married, though it won’t solve the problem, will drastically curtain the number of freaks that try to enter the priesthood saturating it instead with people who lead normal lives and want to serve God.
This reviewer states that the **Lord of the Rings*’ trilogy has unseated ‘*The Godfather** trilogy as the greatest achievement in cinema history.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy beats the cannolis out of The Godfather…The fact is that The Two Towers has demonstrated that you can improve on perfection and deliver a sequel more thrilling, of even greater visual splendour and emotional depth than its predecessor. A true rarity in cinema, last demonstrated by The Godfather Part II… Yet the reason Lord of the Rings pushes The Godfather off its plinth is the sheer scale, the bold ambition, the multitude of complexities conquered to bring what is less a movie and more a miracle to the screen.
Wow! That’s some incredible praise! Only 7 more days!!!!
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