[Kuruharan]

Oh, I know quite well that I will never convince anybody of anything. Just discussing. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The portrayal of Galadriel and the controversy surrounding it stirred my memory of the first time I read the book, nigh on 25 years ago. Lothlorien seemed spooky, menacing, from the reticence of Gimli and Boromir to enter, to their being blindfolded, to being told that they could not go back, to Celeborn angrily suggesting that they should never have allowed the Fellowship into Lorien, to Galadriel's testing of the Fellowship, and in particular Sam and Frodo. I didn't know if they had made a mistake by entering Lorien or not. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That brings up an interesting point, because when I first read the books I never felt like it was weird and spooky. Well, maybe weird (Elves you know) but not spooky. Not like the Fellowship was in danger there or anything. Different, but in a welcoming kind of way. <P>I thought I read somewhere on this thread about how they liked the way that Lorien looked because it looked so otherworldly, except in a cursory glance at it I can't find it. (Doesn't mean that it's not there, I often have the observation powers of a particularly blind and senile mole, but it may have been on another thread.) <BR>Anyway, my point is that I thought that in the movie Lorien looked a little 'spooky.' But now I'm thinking if that was an intended effect by PJ to make the viewer wonder if the Fellowship is really safe there.<BR>It's not an interpretation that I really agree with, but my whole impression of Lorien was perhaps colored by the fact that I never felt 'unsafe' there, if you follow me.<P>I guess my question now is, am I the only person who felt safe going into Lorien the first time?<P>(and I didn't mean the "mere woman" remark to be in any way a put down or anything like that, before all the ladies of the board flame me to death)