The Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies had been my favorites for about two years at that age, and I had just been introduced to The Fellowship of the Ring, which blew my mind. The closest I've come to being completely transported to another world through film.

I've only seen it once on a normal screen, and I heard the dialogue just fine for pretty much the entire thing. *shrugs*

Loved it to death, want to start ranting about space to people now.

The sound mix wasn't at all bad in my theatre, so that was good. I had mixed feelings about the first act--too much coincidence and rushing IMO--and I agree that Damon ' s stunt casting wasn't a good idea. Actually, I wish Caine had been left out for this one too. His performance is curiously flat in a lot of scenes, though his reading of "Do Not Go Gentle..." made up for a lot of that.

And as has been noted, holy shit Hans Zimmer did a good score again. I'm not usually a fan of synthesizer unless it's used extremely minimally, but this was fantaatic. The eeriness and the grandeur of it were just perfect.

^In the spirit of the above, It's a Wonderful Life for Christmas? I think it could actually be very interesting to discuss.

Postcard sent! Hopefully it wings its way across the Atlantic quickly.

Can we talk about how music boxes are supposed to be comforting to children but in reality are the creepiest-sounding things known to man?

Excellent job, man. Your pieces are always awesome to listen to.