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Forum: The Movies 05-16-2004, 10:58 AM
Replies: 60
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Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Lobelia, I suspect this comment was directed to...

Lobelia, I suspect this comment was directed to me, as I think I am the only one here who has explicitly expressed disappointment with Galadriel's depiction.



My point was not to "blame"...
Forum: The Movies 05-06-2004, 10:23 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 14,699
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Worth a thousand words?

Fair enough I suppose, Mr. SaucepanMan, to posit a difference between appealing to the senses and appealing to the imagination, although there was a time in European culture when images and symbolic...
Forum: The Movies 05-05-2004, 10:48 PM
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Views: 14,699
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Wow! This thread is hopping! ...

Wow! This thread is hopping!



Interesting indeed. This idea from Tolkien that literature is more "progenitive', ie, stimulates the mind more, seems to support Eomer of the Rohirrim's point that...
Forum: The Movies 05-05-2004, 02:45 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 14,699
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Indeed, Essex, I have no quarrel if you are happy...

Indeed, Essex, I have no quarrel if you are happy with Galadriel's presentation in the movie. Beauty, it is said, and interpretations too, are in the eye of the beholder and I do not write here to...
Forum: The Movies 05-04-2004, 11:31 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 14,699
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Lalaith, I must admit I had forgotten Eomer's...

Lalaith, I must admit I had forgotten Eomer's post when I was replying to Lobelia. His point is a good idea and well spoken. However, ultimately I would reject it on the grounds that such an...
Forum: The Movies 05-04-2004, 09:59 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 14,699
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Well, can beauty only mean youthful appearance? ...

Well, can beauty only mean youthful appearance? Cannot an older woman still be beautiful? I know several who have striking bonelines and wise eyes and radiant skin (not from cosmetics;) ) and who...
Forum: The Movies 04-21-2004, 10:49 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 14,699
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots A very good way to put it, Menel, aside from the...

A very good way to put it, Menel, aside from the gripes, something was missing.

For me, the first film, FotR, came closest to providing that ineluctable sense of wonder or special creation. The...
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