Ringer Spy Celebriel sends word of The Digital Bits’ review of the Extended Edition DVD of ROTK by editor Bill Hunt. Beyond discussing the 50 minutes of new footage, Hunt’s review analyzes in mouthwatering detail the video and audio quality of the DVD production as well as its physical details. The 263 minute film spans two DVDs, allowing the film to “truly shine, both visually and sonically.” Hunt also has a great analysis of how Gandalf/Wtich King scene is intercut with the arrival of the Rohirrim. !!!SPOILERS!!! [More]
Day: December 7, 2004
The Grammy Nominations were announced today and Howard Shore has been nominated for Best Score Soundtrack for a Motion Picture and with Annie Lennox for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture! Shore is nominated alongside; Thomas Newman ‘Angels In America’, Danny Elfman ‘Big Fish’, Jon Brion ‘Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind’, John Williams ‘Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban’.
Meanwhile Lennox is competing against; Counting Crows, “Accidentally In Love” (from Shrek 2); -M-, “Belleville Rendez-Vous” (from The Triplets Of Belleville); Alison Krauss, “The Scarlet Tide” (from Cold Mountain); Alison Krauss, ” You Will Be My Ain True Love” (from Cold Mountain)
OCLC Research has compiled a list of the top 1000 titles owned by member libraries—the intellectual works that have been judged to be worth owning by the “purchase vote” of libraries around the globe. Coming in at number 10 is The Lord of the Rings, with 37,461 library holdings. If you look at the nine titles before it, you’ll see that LOTR is in pretty good company. [More]
Well, here it is, the first December in four years without a Lord of the Rings movie to look forward to in theaters. Of all the happy, Hollywood endings we’ve seen over the years, the story of this movie is probably the best. It could have been such an abject disaster. Look at some recent novel adaptations that turned into train wrecks — Dreamcatcher, Timeline, Treasure Island — just to name a few. !!!SPOILERS!!! [More]