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FROM TEA AND SECOND BREAKFAST IN THE SHIRE TO FACING DOWN MORGOTH'S EVIL.

GIF INFO: Spotlight on what, personally, I find to think is the coolest-looking, most terrifying Orc adversary in the entire "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) motion picture, the unidentified, more than likely, female goblin warrior encountered in the mines of Moria. Creature makeup effects/design by Wēta Workshop.

PIC #2: In second place, my second favorite Orc creature design was the unidentified Orc Taskmaster, who ultimately oversaw the Isengard Orcs working in the caverns, breeding Goblin-men and forging weapons for the Great Enemy's army of Uruk-hai warriors.

TONIGHT AT AMC IN MONTEREY PARK, CA -- ALL THE REAL ONE'S WILL BE THERE.

"In the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece... This special one-night-only event will feature the remastered Extended Edition."

-- AMC THEATRES, c. June 2024

Remastered. Extended. Editions. At. AMC.

Because I really dropped $54 on three movie tickets for three consecutive days, and the first day begins with "The Fellowship of the Ring." TODAY!! See all you real one's there.

AND THAT'S A WRAP, PEOPLE! THE LAST INSTALLMENT IN PETER JACKSON'S TRILOGY HITS AMC THEATRES TODAY!

NOTE: And so here marks the end of my "Extended Editions-at-AMC" journey, people, and there will be a lot of misty-eyed faces in the audience for this one, mine included. The Greatest Trilogy Ever Made.

"In the conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings," as armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world — and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome— one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied only by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power. This special one-night-only event will feature the remastered extended edition."

-- AMC THEATRES, c. June 2024

3 hours and 44 minutes

PG-13

June 10, 2024

Fantasy/Action/Drama

PART TWO OF EXTENDED EDITIONS ON THE BIG SCREEN BEGINS TODAY AT PARTICIPATING AMC THEATRES.

NOTE: This is my all-time favorite installment in Jackson's trilogy, and that opening Balrog versus Gandalf scene is just about ready to kick my @$!#*&% ass!!

"In the second part of the Tolkien trilogy, Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring — but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers — Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron’s fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. This special one-night-only event will feature the remastered extended edition."

-- AMC THEATRES, c. June 2024

Run time: 3 hours and 44 minutes (The longest one in the trilogy yet!)

Rated: PG-13

Date: June 9, 2024

Genre: Fantasy/Action/Drama

THE TERRIFYINGLY IMPRESSIVE MAKEUP-PROSTHETICS-CREATURE FX WIZARDRY OF WETA WORKSHOP.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1280x1600 -- Spotlight on a behind-the-scenes closeup of New Zealand actor (and Peter Jackson regular) Jed Brophy, in his exquisitely revolting role as the Isengard orc Snaga, from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), co-written & directed by Peter Jackson. New Line Cinema.

Makeup/creature FX by Weta Workshop, with voicework being provided by Andy Serkis, who went uncredited for the role.

STRAIGHT OUTTA SOUTHERN HARAD -- LIVING, BREATHING, RAMPAGING SIEGE ENGINES.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the War Mûmamkil and their Haradrim riders, scenes from the War of the Ring and the Battle of the Pelennor Fields as depicted in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), directed by Peter Jackson.

"New forces of the enemy were hastening up the road from the River; and from under the walls came the legions of Morgul; and from the southward fields came footmen of Harad with horsemen before them, and behind them rose the huge backs of the mûmakil with war-towers upon them. But northward the white crest of eomer led the great front of the Rohirrim which he had again gathered and marshalled; and out of the City came all the strength of men that was in it, and the silver swan of Dol Amroth was borne in the van, driving the enemy from the Gate."

-- "THE LORD OF THE RINGS," "The Return of the King," Book V, Chapter VI, written by J.R.R. Tolkien

"...AND BY SLOW ARTS OF CRUELTY WERE CORRUPTED AND ENSLAVED; AND THUS DID MELKOR BREED THE HIDEOUS RACE OF THE ORCS..."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on the many different types of orcs and orc makeup effects by Weta Workshop, all orc makeup iterations featured here can be found in Peter Jackson's first installment of the "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, "The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001). New Line Cinema.

"But of those unhappy ones who were ensnared by Melkor little is known of a certainty... Yet this is held true by the wise of Eressëa, that all those of the Quendi who came into the hands of Melkor, ere Utumno was broken, were put there in prison, and by slow arts of cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in eny and mockery of the Elves, of whom they were afterwards the bitterest foes. For the Orcs had life and multiplied after the manner of the Children of Ilúvatar... And deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery..."

-- "The Silmarillion," "Quenta Silmarillion, III -- Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor," written by J.R.R. Tolkien

"THE MIGHT OF THE ELVES WAS STILL GREAT IN THOSE DAYS, AND THE NÚMENÓREANS... TERRIBLE IN THEIR WRATH."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the War of the Last Alliance, or more specifically, the Battle of Dagorlad, as depicted in the killer (yet still heavily abridged) prologue to "The Lord of the Rings" (2001), directed by Peter Jackson. New Line Cinema.

"Sauron gathered to him great strength of his servants out of the East and the South; and among them were not a few of the high race of Númenor.... But because of the power of Gil-galad these renegades, lords both mighty and evil, for the most part took up their abodes in the southlands far away; yet two there were, Herumor and Fuinur, who rose to power among the Haradrim, a great and cruel people that dwelt in the wide lands south of Mordor..."

-- "The Silmarillion," "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age," by J.R.R. Tolkien