The summer solstice is coming up, and I always rewatch Midsommar (2019) on that day.
Midsommar freaks me out the more I think about that movie. I mean, the guy in the bear suit at the end about to be burned alive but he’s completely paralyzed but can see, hear, and feel everything?
The Last Temptation Of Christ during easter, usually on Good Friday. The Ivanhoe TV movie from 1982 on new years day.
The Muppet Christmas Carol ever year on Christmas Eve.
I’ve fallen off in recent years but I used to watch V for Vendetta every November 5th
And Groundhog Day on FEB. 2?
Die Hard (1) every Christmas.
Yes, I watch Groundhog Day on February 2.
And then again every night until the next February 2.
Lord of the Rings during Christmas time.
Extended or theatrical?
I’m extended for Fellowship, theatrical for Two Towers, and extended with scene skips for Return.
I’ve watched them three times. Always spaced out by many years. Just did it a week or two ago actually.
The last two were extended. I don’t even know what the theatrical looks like anymore. I can’t imagine skipping scenes.
Which scenes do you skip? And what are you fine skipping in the two towers?
I just felt like the extendeds often include scenes that rightly belong in “deleted scenes” because they are either momentum killers, background info, or straight-up bad–like they just wanted to have the most complete version for archivists.
What convinced me off extended Two Towers was a very cringe scene between that wild, tramelled thing and the mere ranger (I’m terrrble with names) on the trail to helm’s deep.
Two Towers is a pretty cut-and-dry action story, for the most part. Most of the character development beats happen in 1 and 3.
For Return, I think they just chickened out on the run timev-there’s a few necessary scenes cut from theatrical, but also some cruft–like the romance with Faramir.
Testing out my new normie girlfriend soon, so I’ll be doing the merciful thing and going theatrical for all three. Let’s see what I feel is missing.
