Thursday, 3 May 2012

Latest Obsession - Game of Thrones


My family and close circle of friends will tell you, I'm kinda into fantasy films.
Okay. I lie.
I'm totally, embarrassingly obsessed with Lord of The Rings.

I once had a movie marathon where I forced about 10 of my friends to sit through all 3 movies, directors cut editions, back to back, without sleeping. I even brought down a squirt bottle of water to punish anyone who fell asleep, much like the way some people train their puppies.


(Needless to say, I don't have as many friends anymore)

I have done the Lord of the Rings tour in New Zealand and have a poster of New Zealand framed in my room marking all the Lord of the Rings filming sites.
I take unparalleled delight in using obscure movie references in my day to day life. For example, just this morning:

'Oh Jaz. You look so cure there at the door. 


But no. You can't come in. You hear that? You shall not pass!'


Or earlier, when I was home alone for 10 days as my family tramped off around the globe without me. Towards the end I took great delight in heading to the nearly empty cupboard and groaning in sorrow.
'We ain't had nothing but maggoty bread for three stinkin' dayyyysssss'





Making a trip to the bin regularly becomes an act of casting the rubbish 'back into the fiery chasm from whence it came' and poor Danielle is often thoroughly creeped out by being called 'my precious' and creepily stroked on the head.


So...Maybe I have some issues.

My point is. I love Lord of the Rings. But recently there has emerged a strong contender for the battle of my obsession.

Game of Thrones.

Not only does it have Sean Bean playing a fantastic, grimy, long haired, sword wielding lord (again) but it has horses and dragons and swords and torture and fire. Not to mention an extremely witty dwarf and the fact that at least for five of the main male leads I would happily let myself deliberately get locked in a tower or something just so that they could come and save me.

It's just like Lord of the Rings but with more politics and the sex scenes we always wanted to see between Aragorn and Arwen (or was that just me...)?

The point of all this is.

You know what? There is no point.
Just go watch both of these films/series and your life will be greatly enriched as you can clearly see mine has been. That is all.

1 comment:

  1. Haha. We had the same movie marathon once. Or, rather, my sister did and invited her friends around, and I watched as well. :P I've heard other people talking about this "Game of Thrones". Sounds intriguing. Might check it out.

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