Great book, great movie...

[fajrdrako]

Day 30 - Your favorite movie of all time

A difficult choice. I wanted to say The Music Man; I often say it's The Lion in Winter; but for a host of reasons, I'm going to have to say The Lord of the Rings. Why?

1. A beautiful adaptation of one of my favourite books. They actually appreciated the use of language, and made the most of it.
   
2. Great casting, especially Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn and Sean Bean as Boromir. And just about everyone else. Hugo Weaving as Elrond? That was inspired.
   
3. The movie made me love Faramir.
   
4. Best costuming I've ever seen. The embroidery on Gandalf's gown. The tailoring of Elrond's robes. Eomer's armour.
   
5. "I would have followed you into the very fires of Mordor."
   
6. Beautiful scenery, making the whole world want to visit New Zealand. Best of all, everything looked as it should. Especially Hobbiton, Rivendell, and Edoras. And Minas Tirith, especially the Great Hall.
   
7. "For Frodo." There are some lines that always make me cry. And I've seen it... how many times?
   
8. Pippin was done right.
   
9. The Nazgul were actually scary.
   
10. The death of Boromir.