<BR>Hmm...</b><br><br> I skipped three pages of posts for time constraint reasons, so I hope this hasn't been beaten to death yet...<br> Tolkien's storytelling is phenominal, we'd all agree. He characterization is so great that when I finished the trilogy for the first time on my own (my dad had read them to me before) I cried for them all. Poor Sam! Finally separated from Frodo after all that! Dorky, yes, but not my point... <br> <br> But then he comes to a love story....<br> <br> Whereas he spends pages devoted to psychological debate of right and wrong, bravery and cowardice, he decides just to throw in a simple "Oh, yeah, these two dug each other and stuff". That's cool. He was writing a heroic epic not a romantic novel. You just have to wonder about poor Edith... <br> <br> I like Liv Tyler.... But yes, I would've picked a different Arwen... <p>~ Elerrina ('Crowned with stars'; a name of Taniquetil; Only thing that wasn't taken) 'Many are the strange chances of the world,'said Mithrandir,'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter."</p>
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