August 4, 2004

Last night I watched the third Lord of the Rings movie, The Return of the King, just because I had not seen it in a while and I had 3 hours to burn.

After a long journey, Frodo and Sam finally get inside Mount Doom. Frodo stands at the edge and Sam is yelling for Frodo to throw the ring into the fire, but Frodo decides to keep the ring for himself. Sam is laying there crying as if he couldn't believe what is happening.

I was thinking if it were me in Sam's place, I would have drop-kicked Frodo's halfing butt off the cliff right then and there. I understand Frodo is Sam's closest and ambigioulsy-gay friend and all, but after all the crap we went through to get there, all the sacrifices people made, and especially after the whole incident of choosing to trust Gollum over me, the Liu Kang flying kick is coming your way. (Pit Fatality!) I would feel bad for a little while, until I realized I just saved all of Middle-Earth from the wrath of Sauron.

Maybe this will be one of the deleted scenes or alternate endings when the 5 hour extended version comes out on DVD.

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