Review: Return of the King extended edition

Faramir giving his future wife an adoring look. Yeah, you got that right. It’s me he’s looking at.
So, I’ll spit it out – I’m dissapointed. Now, before eyeris gets a heart attack, let me explain myself.
I shouldn’t have read the book before seeing the movie. Then the dissapointment wouldn’t have been so acute. It doesn’t [...]

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Legend of Earthsea … baaaad.

Well, oy. So I managed to see the SciFi miniseries through (cough) unofficial means. Let’s just say that the first ten minutes of the show I’m already saying: “Man. This sucks.”
The acting is so bad you can’t believe, the script stinks and I didn’t even wait long enough to watch the other sections. I [...]

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Ursula is not pleased

The Sci Fi channel just screened the miniseries Legend of Earthsea (on Dec 13 & 14, I believe), based on Ursula K. LeGuin’s book and the news has not been pleasant. First, at One Ring, a commentary on the series had this paragraph:
But now the finished film has [...]

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Tom Hanks will be The Da Vinci Code’s hero

He’s a good actor and all, but does anyone out there echo my sentiments that Tom Hanks doesn’t feel like a Robert Langdon (spelling? Too lazy to check)? I don’t know. I’ve always thought Robert would be … cuter. More like Indiana Jones or something. And here’s from someone who has not read the book.
Why [...]

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