#Return of the King 2003

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"THE DARK ONE IS GATHERING ALL ARMIES TO HIM. IT WON'T BE LONG NOW."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a charging Mûmak of Harad and the Last Ride of the Rohirrim -- the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), directed by Peter Jackson. New Line Cinema.

SAMWISE: "Who are they?"

GOLLUM: "Wicked men. Servants of Sauron. They are called to Mordor. The Dark One is gathering all armies to him. It won't be long now. He will soon be ready."

SAM: "Ready to do what?"

GOLLUM: "To make his war. The last war that will cover all the world in shadow."

-- "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS" (2002), screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, & Peter Jackson -- after the works of J.R.R. Tolkien

Source: http://elenastr.blogspot.com/2011/03/lord-of-rings-return-of-king-2003.html.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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The Tmnt 2003 return to New York arc is an underrated comedy okay

You’re telling me the turtles go on this journey for 2 episodes to get to the top of the foot building and fight Shredder JUST for Stockman to keep interrupting them

We are unworthy omg

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)

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Merry Christmas and Happy 20th Anniversary of Return of the King (and Elf!)

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Peter Jackson)

04/07/2024

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One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar Winners

The Return of the King / Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn (King Elessar)

Year: 2003

Designers: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor

I think everybody knows that the awards for this movie are kind of unofficial acknowledgements of the whole trilogy retroactively, but I did want to feature something from the actual third movie. There aren't too many new costumes in it, and most of the women's costumes have been covered in other posts. But the armorers outdid themselves with Aragorn's coronation armor. The detail really shows up on the screen.

The breastplate shows the symbol of the seven stars over the white tree in flower. At the top appears to be Tolkien's own design for the crown of Gondor (see below), which was just a repurposed war helmet. The actual crown that Aragorn wears is much nicer looking, but I'm a bit surprised they deviated from the book on this. Usually they tried hard to follow the book descriptions even when it might look silly--for example, their interpretation of the "wings of seabirds" on the helmets of the tower guard. (I personally don't think they got that right, but still, they weren't afraid of looking goofy.)

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Some dissented. Rhaenys herself was the first to raise objection. “You would rob my son of his birthright,” she told the king, with a hand upon her swollen belly. Her husband, Corlys Velaryon, was so wroth that he gave up his admiralty and his place on the small council and took his wife back to Driftmark. Lady Jocelyn of House Baratheon, Rhaenys's mother, was also angered, as was her formidable brother, Boremund, Lord of Storm's End

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Two costumes, 20 years apart

Left: Return of the King Arwen-inspired dress, 2003 Right: House of the Dragon Rhaenyra screen accurate dress, 2023

Both of these costumes were based on screen-used dresses, using self drafted patterns and my best attempt at recreating what was seen in the filmed media. Both feature neckline trim with beading applied over top, and screen-accurate jewelry, but that's about where the similarities end.

The Return of the King dress was made fairly quickly, over the course of about a month in the fall of 2003, and used a modified stretch velvet dress I already had on hand. The underdress was drafted from scratch, but a t-tunic shape without set-in sleeves was about the height of my pattern drafting skills at the time. I remember carefully figuring out the shape for the lower sleeve, to get the bell to hang right. Just about every bit of it is polyester. Neither the cut, color, nor fabric is accurate to what's in the movie, but I wanted something that had the feel of one of Arwen's dresses, just for the fun of dressing up for the premiere, and it certainly achieved that.

By contrast, the House of the Dragon dress was made over about 8 months, from January to August 2023. The pattern was drafted from my measurements into a 10 panel princess seam dress, with the waist, hip, and skirt measurements being equal in every panel. Both the red overdress and the black underdress (providing opacity and a modesty panel under the back lacing, but otherwise unseen here) are made from 100% silk fabric. The trim at the neckline and the narrower trim along the vertical seamlines are both polyester, but the beads over the neckline trim are garnet rondelles rather than plastic. The screen-accurate earrings were made by me as well, and along with other purchased jewelry and the wig (also styled by me) complete the over all screen accurate look -- as opposed to whatever earrings I threw on in 2003 and the weird hair color I was sporting at the time, lol.

My sewing and general costuming skills have definitely improved in the last 20 years, but it's interesting to see that both of these dresses have a bit of trouble with the neckline not wanting to lay flat. For the Arwen dress, this was because I didn't yet know how to iron trim to curve it before applying it to a round neckline, and I chose bad trim for achieving that, anyway. For Rhaenyra, the problem was that the V neck was cut on the bias and stretched more than I had anticipated, and I didn't realize it until after the trim was all on and the lacing in the back grommetted right through it. I did look closely at fixing that by taking in the top edge of the center front by a fraction, but I had actually attached the trim so well that I couldn't move that seam without damaging the trim.

The other similarity between these two dresses is perhaps the most important of all: people at the event knew who I was dressed as, and I had an absolute blast wearing both costumes. Still, it's fun to look back at the improvement in my skills over the last 20 years.

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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

Source: www.amctheatres.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-return-of-the-king-2024-event-76432.

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THE RETURN OF THE KING 2003

Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?

[ramblingsonic]

... huh.

Y'know what, I'll take it. True enough reason- he's not an idiot who acts without thinking. His biggest crimes in the past has been a willingness to sacrifice for the sake of kingdom, and perhaps a lack of urgency.

He's not a great parent, but his dynamics with Sally and Elias are interesting. And while he may disagree with a royal marriage to Sonic, he at least isn't against him for petty or arbitrary reasons- even when Sonic disobeys, he's more than willing to thank Sonic for good ends, despite the means.

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2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King turn 20 today. Feel old yet ?

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The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) Title Card