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Default   #16   Suzerain of Sheol Suzerain of Sheol is offline
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Yeah, that scene at the river is a complete butchering of the book. Probably one of the scenes I truly hate in the movies. It just ruins every character involved, especially Frodo. In the book, he rides across on his own and defies the Witch-King to his face. In the movie, he whimpers and falls of the horse. Come on.

And, I will grudgingly admit that, given Arwen's bloodline, she's likely powerful enough to have stood down the 9, but... damn it, I wanted to see Glorfindel. The guy took down a Balrog Gandalf-style. I object to him being cut. (Not really, I can see why they did it, and Arwen *is* a better choice than Legolas, like Bashiki's cartoon movie did.)

I just don't think Tolkien ever envisioned Arwen as a fighter. If anything, she probably had powers more akin to Luthiens, being able to Command with her voice.
Cold silence has a tendency
to atrophy any sense of compassion
between supposed lovers.
Between supposed brothers.
Old Posted 05-31-2011, 08:40 PM Reply With Quote