[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

Agreed. Overdone. I realize PJ was trying to get across the temptation of the ring ve-ry clear-ly, to make sure everyone understood, yes? got it? everyone? that it was the ring that was evil, not Bilbo or Galadriel. <P>I think an actress of Cate Blachett's calibre could have pulled it off without the special effects, or if we had to have them, with far fewer. Likewise Ian Holm in Rivendell.<P>To tell you the truth, her scene.. it seemed like they couldn't leave well enough alone. Like they kept messing with it, too many cooks, too many attempts, each making it worse and worse. I've had paintings like that. And recipes. There was probably an earlier version that was much better.