This review will be a little more disjointed as I’m writing it while I watch...
They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard!!
Just like in the first film, I love Gimli’s one liners.
Did you know... the actor playing Aragon actually broke his toe in that scene...bet ya didn’t know, bet ya. Also love Smeagol vs Gollum - Stupid Fat Hobbit! All these lines are getting the Song (youtube link here) stuck in my head again!
I remember being more invested in Aragorn and Arwen but maybe that’s because I first watched this when I was younger and more gooey. I bought a new set of DVD’s to watch this too and I can finally actually watch the Wolves of Isengard Orc battle when Eowyn takes the villagers away, my old DVD used to glitch here and the only way to fix it would be skip the entire scene!
I love the Ent scenes with Merry and Pippin, though sometimes the green screen is glaringly obvious. Generally the CGI is pretty good for it’s time though!
I enjoyed all the battle scenes, they never go on for toooo long.
Nice lil meta bit at the end too.
(Other GG Movies I’ve watched so far)
(Full references under the cut)
3x19, Keg! Max! Kyle describes scenes from the film
MARSHALL: Hey, Lane. There's some guy looking for you.
LANE: Good, where?
KYLE: Oh, oh, and the part where Gimli the Dwarf is riding his horse, then Legolas grabs the front straps and swings himself up on top of it.
RICK: Dude, dude, that was awesome!
4x03, The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles (2003) Title reference and Lorelai and Sookie cater a Lord of the Rings themed party. A poster for the film can be seen.
LORELAI: [answers phone] They burnt my fries, forgot to give me an extra side of barbecue sauce, the jeep is making that crunchy sound again, and I have to spend my evening making elf ears for Aaron Thompson’s Lord of the Rings party.
RORY: Grandma broke into my dorm and redid the entire common room in $25,000 worth of furniture and stereo equipment.
LORELAI: You win.
LORELAI: Okay, we’ve got costumes, we’re got cutouts, we’ve got rings, ladies and gentlemen. We’ve got fairy necklaces, we’ve got tree heads. I’m picking up table decorations tomorrow. Oh, do you need me to order a Lord of the Rings cake?
SOOKIE: The cake is under control.
LANE: Hey. Okay, so I’ve scoured the entire store and here’s what we got.
LORELAI: Hit me.
LANE: Horn of Gondor, Legolas’ bow, and a cape.
LORELAI: Cape for who?
LANE: There’s 4,000 people in that movie who wear capes - you can’t pick one?
LORELAI: Wow, you’re crabby.
[…]
LORELAI: Leave the horn, the bow, and the bill.
LORELAI: No, seriously, give me the ring.
ROGER: No way.
LORELAI: Five bucks.
ROGER: No.
LORELAI: Just let me hold it.
ROGER: Forget it.
LORELAI: Come on, I promise I’ll give it right back, my precious. I mean, Roger.
ROGER: You’re crazy.
LORELAI: What? You’re the one with the pointy ears, my friend.
REDMOND: I want to be Legolas.
RILEY: I want to be Gimli.
REDMOND: I want to be Gimli, too.
LORELAI: Okay, two Gimlis coming up.
BOY: Lorelai, my hood is loose!
LORELAI: Hey, love, guys. Love, okay? Lord of the Rings is all about the love.
BOY: Nuh uh, it’s about the destruction of all mankind.
LORELAI: And who doesn’t love that?
GIRL: Riley said only boy hobbits can travel to Mount Doom. Is that true?
LORELAI: In the movie, only boy hobbits travel to Mount Doom, but that’s only because the girls went to do something even more dangerous.
GIRL: What?
LORELAI: Have you ever heard of a Brazilian bikini wax?
SOOKIE: Well, I better get in the kitchen.
LORELAI: All right, because it’s coming up on elevenses and the hobbits are hungry, right?
SOOKIE: They’re paper.
LORELAI: Yes, they are.
SOOKIE: And there’s monsters on them.
LORELAI: No, they’re Lord of the Rings characters, which is rather appropriate since this is a Lord of the Rings party.
4x15, Scene in a Mall Lorelai imitates Gollum and quotes the film, using a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes as her "precious." ‘My Precious’ is what Gollum calls the Ring.
EMILY: These Manolo Blahniks would look great on you.
LORELAI: [imitating Gollum] Oh, me wants them, my precious.
RORY: You told me to resist.
LORELAI: Yeah, but that's before I saw these. These are works of art. They should be in the Louvre.
5x19, But I’m a Gilmore! (2005) Lorelai complains about “that Frodo being on every channel” while flipping through TV channels.
[Luke and Lorelai relax on the couch. Luke is nearly asleep. Lorelai flips through channels on the T.V.]
LORELAI: Does it seem like Frodo is on every fricking channel to you, or is it just me?
LUKE: God, I have never been this tired.
LORELAI: Aw. You were one hell of a white knight today, baby.
LUKE: Yes, I’m a regular Lancelot.
A Year in the Life" Fall (2016) Rory says that Dean "had a disturbing obsession" with the trilogy.
RORY: You had a disturbing obsession with Lord of the Rings...you did a terrible Smeagol impression.
DEAN: It was not terrible. It was pretty damn good. There were hand gestures.
