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Right. I accept that certain modifications are needed to convert the book to a blockbuster movie. New Line need big money on this. Fine. I accept completely that they they had to have a stronger female character in the movie to appeal to a wider audience. So Glorfindel goes, Arwen nabs his role. I accept time constraints. So Bombadil goes. The Barrow-Downs go. Radagast goes. Thats all well and good, I love the movie.
But as I was a-reading theonering.net earlier, I found out that Elrond "brings the Elves into the War of the Ring." Er, what? Lets just check...Part of the biggest character arcs in the story, that of Aragorn, is that this is Man's war, not the Elves. Their time is over, as Elrond says. A big part of Lord of the Rings is that is it the shift from the old, that of the Elves, to the new, Men. Good. So what are Elvish archers doing at Helms Deep? What the fun is Arwen doing in the second movie AT ALL? They can't even claim female representation on this one. They've got a perfectly good role model/whatever in Eowyn. She's got a bigger part in tTT than Arwen had in FotR.
Meh. I'm sure I'll still love it :)
But as I was a-reading theonering.net earlier, I found out that Elrond "brings the Elves into the War of the Ring." Er, what? Lets just check...Part of the biggest character arcs in the story, that of Aragorn, is that this is Man's war, not the Elves. Their time is over, as Elrond says. A big part of Lord of the Rings is that is it the shift from the old, that of the Elves, to the new, Men. Good. So what are Elvish archers doing at Helms Deep? What the fun is Arwen doing in the second movie AT ALL? They can't even claim female representation on this one. They've got a perfectly good role model/whatever in Eowyn. She's got a bigger part in tTT than Arwen had in FotR.
Meh. I'm sure I'll still love it :)
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Bombadil was my favourite character in the book :P
Right. I accept that certain modifications are needed to convert the book to a blockbuster movie. New Line need big money on this. Fine. I accept completely that they they had to have a stronger female character in the movie to appeal to a wider audience. So Glorfindel goes, Arwen nabs his role. I accept time constraints. So Bombadil goes. The Barrow-Downs go. Radagast goes. Thats all well and good, I love the movie.
But as I was a-reading theonering.net earlier, I found out that Elrond "brings the Elves into the War of the Ring." Er, what? Lets just check...Part of the biggest character arcs in the story, that of Aragorn, is that this is Man's war, not the Elves. Their time is over, as Elrond says. A big part of Lord of the Rings is that is it the shift from the old, that of the Elves, to the new, Men. Good. So what are Elvish archers doing at Helms Deep? What the fun is Arwen doing in the second movie AT ALL? They can't even claim female representation on this one. They've got a perfectly good role model/whatever in Eowyn. She's got a bigger part in tTT than Arwen had in FotR.
Meh. I'm sure I'll still love it :)
But as I was a-reading theonering.net earlier, I found out that Elrond "brings the Elves into the War of the Ring." Er, what? Lets just check...Part of the biggest character arcs in the story, that of Aragorn, is that this is Man's war, not the Elves. Their time is over, as Elrond says. A big part of Lord of the Rings is that is it the shift from the old, that of the Elves, to the new, Men. Good. So what are Elvish archers doing at Helms Deep? What the fun is Arwen doing in the second movie AT ALL? They can't even claim female representation on this one. They've got a perfectly good role model/whatever in Eowyn. She's got a bigger part in tTT than Arwen had in FotR.
Meh. I'm sure I'll still love it :)
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