Sniffle!

[linaewen]

I can still remember the anticipation I felt at my first viewing of FOTR -- waiting, hoping to see Boromir's mad dash to the rescue of Merry and Pippin and the fight with the Orcs, that had only been dealt with in the books as a brief memory of Pippin's, almost an afterthought. It was of utmost importance to me that I actually see him fight and fall, though I knew it would be sad, so sad!



It all came back to me afresh as I watched it again this evening for the umpteenth time -- this time on TV. It was marvelous to be able to sit with my hubby and share that memory with him (for the first time, really), and see him nod with understanding and sympathy. Seeing these scenes again still makes me sniffle -- with joy that I could actually witness it on the screen after imagining it for 30+ years, and with sadness at having to say farewell to an honorable man, fictional character though he is.

But may I say, it sure is nice to have him alive in my inklings! ;-)

::Happy sniffle, happy sigh:: I shall never get tired of reading these books and seeing these films!

:-D

Comments

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

I really am a softie, LOL! I cry harder at the happy stuff than the sad stuff sometimes. ;-)

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

I do too! In ROTK, I cry more during the Destruction of Sauron and the reunion of the Hobbits and the beginning of the Coronation scene than I do at the gray havens.