[Midgardsormen]

Great thread!!<BR>I agree with most of the posts....still cringe at: "If you want him come and claim him"...did not mind Arwen being instead of Glorfindel, but I agree that Frodo should have crossed the Ford by himself and stood up to the Nazgul!! I also thought Gandalf spinning on the floor was a bit much but I can live with that....the scene I really do not like is Frodo and Galadriel....she should definitely NOT turn green and purple!! there are other ways of making her look powerful and even scary!!<BR>I do not really mind the closeups of Frodo as I really like his expressive face.<BR>Just a few comments to some of what others have written.<BR>I really like the idea of Frodo and Sam visiting Merry...but since Merry lives quite far away in the book I do not think that is the best solution. I think a better one would have been Gandalf telling Frodo (and Sam after pulling him through the window) to leave after dark...then Sam could send a message to Merry and Pippin to meet them at a certain point....of course this would mean that there would have to be some earlier scene of Gandalf and Frodo discussing the ring...otherwise how Sam know about the danger...maybe just Sam and Frodo deciding to take to the road for a while and then come across Merry and Pippin who go along with them because they are heading the same way....then we get the "get off the road" episode, and Merry and Pippin start to understand that something is definitely wrong. A few more lines about how friends should help eachother out would make it a bit more plausible. <BR>Rivendell....I did not really mind the arguing at the meeting as it was a quick way to show that Elves and Dwarves do not think much of eachother...I just love the dread growing on Frodo's face...it is just done so well.<BR>Anyway we can always hope!! The extended DVD is said to have more from the Shire, Rivendell, Moria and Lothlorien (the gift giving scene), so hopefully it will be a much better version for the fans. We might think it should have more of this or that but many I talked to who have not read the book thought that the first hour was a bit 'slow' (??), so maybe that was all PJ could get away with putting in in a version for cinemas!! What I think is so great about the DVD is that the extra 30 minutes will be integrated into the movie....I am sure to enjoy it!! (unfortunately that still does not get rid of Arwen at the ford!!..will just have to fast forward that part) <BR>One thing that has bugged me after several viewings is on Weathertop....I can live with Frodo dropping his sword...after all he has never used one and these five scary creatures are all out to get him!!! I think the way they portrayed the Nazgul after Frodo puts on the ring is cool too....and it does show that Frodo is strong enough to pull back his hand when the Witch King tries to take the ring....but then the Witch King stabs Frodo in the shoulder...why not the heart??? It would have been more believeable if he started to stab Frodo, who manages to deflect the knife just enough so that it goes into his shoulder and not his heart...I never took the Nazgul as being stupid??<BR>the other thing I agree with many posters about is the ring....I do not mind him looking at it on the way to bree....it is NOT on a chain there....actually it is not on a chain until he wakes up in Rivendell. But AFTER Rivendell, the ring seems to be able to get in and out of the chain at random?? Weird.<BR>ps. does anyone think that PJ will fix up the obvious mistakes in the DVD, ie. the Argonauths (sp?) arm??