Race Against Time

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=85 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="005dba33.gif"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U><IMG SRC="006ef530.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="83" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> |    back to:  <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us/nonlotr/id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us/nonlotr/id39."><U><B>Going Back for Sarah</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Decision at the Ark"><U>Decision at the Ark</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Searching for Sarah"><U>Searching for Sarah</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Together Again"><U>Together Again</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Saying Goodbye"><U>Saying Good-bye</U></A>   |   <B>Race Against 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he's capable of.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>BTW, on all of the caps while the two are on the bike I've lightened the picture a bit to show Leo's facial expressions better. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>During this entire episode, Leo is completely focused on what he's doing.  But in the next three frames, I wonder if it doesn't go even beyond that.  Sarah is watching the comet go across the sky, which I'd think would be a natural reaction both because of it being such an amazing thing to see that the human eye would simply be drawn to it, and because she knows it's going to kill her parents.  (I wonder what her face would look like if we could see it.  And, yeah, to be honest, I wonder if it would show her emotions at that moment as well as Elijah's would in the same situation.)  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Leo is watching the road--to put it mildly.  Not even a sideways glance, and the helmet effectively gives him blinders against the entire event if he looks straight ahead.  Many possible explanations for this, starting with the possibility that he actually is just </B><I>that focused</I><B>.  But my own speculation is that there are some guilt feelings involved (yes, "unreasoning guilt").  This is the part of the comet that took on his name after the original Wolf-Biederman comet split in two (which would make it even more natural, I'd think, to want at least a glimpse of it).  I get a weird effect when Sarah's father looks up at this same comet and mutters "Biederman."  I must pick up a hint of blame from it, because my gut reaction is always, "Well, it's not </B><I>his </I><B>fault."  It's the name of the man's daughter now, too, but I don't get any loving father vibes from the way he says it.  Considering the overall </B><I>Writing 101</I><B> level of this movie, the writers' purpose for the line is probably to remind the audience of the name of the comet, but the actor and/or director still had to make a choice regarding how it's delivered, and I think it's an interesting choice. </B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0af17570.jpg" border=0 width="791" height="343" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b018590.jpg" border=0 width="792" height="345" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b117550.jpg" border=0 width="791" height="341" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The next three show a Leo who looks young and kind of scared, but completely determined. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b218500.jpg" border=0 width="792" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b317530.jpg" border=0 width="791" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b416520.jpg" border=0 width="790" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When they reach the path to high ground, the crowd leaves the road.  The bike goes into the woods a ways, avoiding trees, etc. (obviously with a stunt driver).  But before long Leo and Sarah dump the bike and start climbing, with everyone else who's been able to make it this far.  In this next frame, we've obviously sighted a Viggo fan...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b520500.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In most of the caps of the climbing, Leo's pretty blurred which means... yep, he's </B><I>movin'</I><B>.  These next few are the clearest.  We'll be able to see it better later on, but Leo's not holding Sarah's hand just to guide her; he's literally </B><I>pulling </I><B>her up the slope.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b619560.jpg" border=0 width="793" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b71d530.jpg" border=0 width="797" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I overlightened this next one, but I left it that way because it gave me a real "duh" moment.  Of course, I should have realized sooner that Leelee hasn't been lugging around a </B><I>real baby </I><B>through all of this. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b81c550.jpg" border=0 width="796" height="341" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>That realization gives some sense to the fact that when we </B><I>do </I><B>see the baby during this grueling climb, we </B><I>don't</I><B> actually see Elijah and Leelee: </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b91c560.jpg" border=0 width="796" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0bb1c520.jpg" border=0 width="796" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This next one gives a somewhat better look at Leo pulling Sarah up the hill, as well as an idea of the topography.  The water's going to come flooding in through that gap in the hills we see in the distance, into what's now a river valley. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0ba0b580.jpg" border=0 width="779" height="344" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Can you believe we haven't gotten to the "good part" yet?  But this is all I have time for this month!  After we reach the top of the hill, the screencaps of Leo will have to be almost frame-by-frame, which hopefully tells you there's something to look forward to next time. </B><B>I don't think it's a coincidence that the several Froshadowings we see from here on all seem to be for </B><I>RotK</I><B>; the circumstances do have some similarities. </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="137" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 67 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#gbfs4_top" TITLE="Race Against Time"><U><B><IMG SRC="00c7d3c0.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> 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