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The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

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Forget the destruction of the ring, was I the only one who wanted to throw a damned parade when that twisted, disgusting, miserable little parasite Gollum finally bit the dust falling into the volcano?! I loathed that little creep, never had a drop of sympathy for him, and was so relieved Frodo and Sam were free of that particular millstone around their necks! 

And good for them for not giving him an undeserved memorial, a al Terra from Teen Titans. Gollum/Smeagol was bad to the bone (I suspect possibly even pre-ring), so he isn't worth the effort.

 

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1 hour ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

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Forget the destruction of the ring, was I the only one who wanted to throw a damned parade when that twisted, disgusting, miserable little parasite Gollum finally bit the dust falling into the volcano?! I loathed that little creep, never had a drop of sympathy for him, and was so relieved Frodo and Sam were free of that particular millstone around their necks! 

And good for them for not giving him an undeserved memorial, a al Terra from Teen Titans. Gollum/Smeagol was bad to the bone (I suspect possibly even pre-ring), so he isn't worth the effort.

 

He had moments when he nearly turned to good, but it never quite happened. Once due to Sam's harsh words. It's probable he was bad even before that fateful fishing trip, he certainly succumbed to the ring as soon as he saw it. And somehow, spending 500 years in a cave didn't help his personality very much.

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3 hours ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

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Forget the destruction of the ring, was I the only one who wanted to throw a damned parade when that twisted, disgusting, miserable little parasite Gollum finally bit the dust falling into the volcano?! I loathed that little creep, never had a drop of sympathy for him, and was so relieved Frodo and Sam were free of that particular millstone around their necks! 

And good for them for not giving him an undeserved memorial, a al Terra from Teen Titans. Gollum/Smeagol was bad to the bone (I suspect possibly even pre-ring), so he isn't worth the effort.

 

I hated Wormtongue and Denethor more. 

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I'm of two minds about it. Sure, Gollum was corrupted by the Ring and went insane from it. Sure, he had a moment where he could have changed had it not been for Faramir forcing Frodo to betray him.

But in Return of the King, he had pulled so much crap that by that point, he was beyond redemption. So while I didn't cheer when he fell, I did laugh. I mean he just looked so stupid laughing and holding HIS PRECIOUUUSSSSS when he fell into Mount Doom -- as karma goes, it was pretty fitting.

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On 4/3/2025 at 5:24 AM, Wiendish Fitch said:

A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

Yes, we all know and love Sydney Carton's heroism, but let's not forget Mrs. Pross (the invaluable Edna Mae Oliver) giving that vicious sociopath Madame Defarge (Blanche Yurka) what-for. When Defarge breaks into the Darnay's home, Pross locks her in a room and wrestles a gun out of her hand, but not before this exquisite exchange:

Miss Pross: Oh no you don't!

Madame Defarge: Let me pass.

Miss Pross: Never! I know what you want. I know what you're after. And thank heaven I'm put here to stop you - for stop you I will!

Madame Defarge: In the name of the Republic...

Miss Pross: In the name of no one, you evil woman. You've killed many innocent people. No doubt you'll kill many more; but my ladybird you shall never touch.

Madame Defarge: No? Do you know who I am?

Miss Pross: You might - from your appearance - be the wife of Lucifer; yet you shall not get the better of me. I'm an Englishwoman! I'm your match!

You tell her, Pross!

I love that movie. One of the few cases when I've read the book first and still preferred the movie version (also the 1958 version which took some liberties but still kept the spirit of the story).

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The Wedding Planer.  

 

Like most Jennifer Lopez movies, beautiful woman, gives a pleasant enough performance.  

 

It didn't do well at the time with critics but it was all right.  a solid 6 out of 10 stars. or 7 if I'm being generous 

 

I did enjoy though watching a film right before the cell phone/smart phone era took off.   Yahoo got mentioned in the film so it wasn't like that old 

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