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Despite the dark rain clouds, which cast a pall over the day’s events, conditions on the water were quite favorable, and Harvard took advantage...
...pall hangs over the realm of Rohan, where King Theoden (Bernard Hill) has been bewitched by the evil Saruman (Christopher Lee). Heroic Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) bands with a revived Gandalf to defend Rohan against Saruman's soldier-clones. But the film's true battle is between Frodo the Hobbit (Elijah Wood) and the great Ring in his care. Frodo can feel its power to sap and seduce. He can see it too in Gollum, a creepy creature who has been corrupted by having once possessed the Ring. Gollum's cringing present could be the Hobbit's future...
...variety of moods and settings in Fellowship, has a grave gusto that energizes every moment. For this episode is a very war-y war movie, a long assault to determine whether the crusading companions of Frodo the Ring-bearer will survive to confront their ultimate destiny. A palpable pall hangs over the realm of Rohan, where King Théoden (Bernard Hill) has been bewitched by evil wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) and his spy Gríma Worm-tongue (Brad Dourif, as a slimier Richard III). Heroic Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and the elf-warrior Legolas (Orlando Bloom) band with...
...meet Patricio for the first time on the steps of Real Taco. He is smoking a Pall Mall. As he finishes up, I watch at least 10 people walk in ahead of us to order. I am impatient—not to mention cold—and rush inside to order as soon as he is done...
Even as they enjoy their time at Harvard, the pall cast by current events affects these students in more profound ways than most. No one will say much about the current international situation except to offer the vague sentiment that it is even harder to think about war when you might have to go fight...