The Laughing Wolf

RoTK

I am not going to spoil this, but all I can say is: GO! Go see it on the big screen, with the best sound system around. There is no way to be faithful to the books, but they were as faithful to the spirit of the books as it was humanly possible to be. The cinematography was great; the sound was great; set design was great; and the special effects were extremely well done. More than once I had the jarring effect of being yanked back into the theatre from total immersion in the movie, by something in the theatre. I did not move much in my seat at all, no squirming, because it was so easy to get into the movie and stay in the movie. Helps that the seats were not bad at all, though I wish it had been a recliner theatre…

The acting was superb as well, and I agree with those saying that this was Sean Astin’s movie. He walked away with it, though a couple of others gave him a good run for it. There should be some acting awards in Mr. Astin’s future for his work in this film.

It was a three tissue movie, though, so be warned. My only other advice is don’t drink anything for an hour or two beforehand, and de-tank about five minutes before the movie starts, and don’t drink until the end of the movie. Then, you might just make it. As it was, I opted to skip the very last of the credits in order to move in an orderly fashion to the facilities.

Do not miss this on the big screen.

LW

Update: Not really a complaint, as it was okay, but I tend to agree with Ith on this one point. Anne Lenox was okay, in fact much better than I expected, but she really wasn't the right person to sing the song. I would love to hear Loreena McKinnet sing it...