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Well, it's back. The film event of the millennium--three superb films re-creating J.R.R. Tolkien's epic series of novels--reaches its climax with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. For the third December in a row, the year is capped with a robust cinematic retelling of the war of Middle-earth, as the hobbit Frodo (Wood) and his fellowship of humans, elves, dwarfs and the wizard Gandalf (McKellen) surge into battle against the dark power of Mordor's Lord Sauron...
...king in the story is the hunky human warrior Aragorn (Mortensen). But Jackson is the true lord of these Rings. The New Zealand auteur spent seven years on the trilogy, collaborating on the scripts with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. He chose and directed this perfect cast, orchestrated the smashing visual effects--Tolkien's bestiary on the march in fantastical realms. In Return, the giant trolls, four-tusked elephants and flying, screeching serpents of Mordor will amaze adults and may startle small children. The spider monster Shelob, creeping up on Frodo and mummifying him in a silken straitjacket, offers...
...chains? Needless to say, it's not because everyone within driving distance of a mall has suddenly got richer, but because cashmere has suddenly got cheaper. Shoppers can still find 100% cashmere sweaters at Saks Fifth Avenue for $300, but they are also available at Banana Republic for $168, Lord & Taylor for $99 and Express for $68. Those who have paid more need not necessarily feel as duped as the kid who sees three department-store Santas--there can be real differences in quality...
...every cast member was outstanding, but there were enough good and very good actors to constitute a strong ensemble. Joseph P. Fishman ’05, in the minor and unenviable role of the sensible old Lord Lafew, brings out all the humor of his part. His insulting, impudent exchanges with the cowardly braggart Parolles (Joseph H. Weintraub ’05) played up the contrast between Lafew’s matter-of-fact barbs and Parolles’ fuming impotence. As Parolles, Weintraub got his laughs in, but from unusual places: during a scene in which he unknowingly slandered...
...Donovan overcame his lack of resemblance to an aged, dying monarch to make his surprisingly moving outburst at his impending death; when Parolles was forced to go, cap in hand, to a man who detested him; and when the King told Diana that she could marry any lord she liked—and Diana responded with a smile so bright that it lit up the hall. There was a lot of magic in this All’s Well...