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Kalimac · 03-10-2002, 04:15 PM

The movie effect was a little overdone but not too much, I thought (I know I'm probably in the minority on this one). In the book Frodo and Sam are basically seeing a vision of what Galadriel could be if she turned evil, became a female Sauron basically. She's got to get pretty scary if she's going to compete with the image of the Eye that we keep seeing.<P>Mayla and Rosa, I agree that Frodo sounded a lot more suspicious than he was in the book. OTOH the time in the movie was all different; they only seem to be in Lothlorien about 48 hours, so maybe Frodo is still having aftershocks from being stabbed by the cave-troll, seeing Gandalf fall, being surprised by Elves who are aiming arrows at him, and meeting Galadriel and having her looking into his mind and being told that his coming is as the footsteps of Doom - all in the last day or two! He probably doesn't know up from down at this point, so maybe he would sound pretty suspicious at this point, in the sense of "Oh lord, what *now*?" Liked it better in the book, though.<p>[ March 10, 2002: Message edited by: Kalimac ]

03-10-2002, 04:15 PM	#16
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	The movie effect was a little overdone but not too much, I thought (I know I'm probably in the minority on this one). In the book Frodo and Sam are basically seeing a vision of what Galadriel could be if she turned evil, became a female Sauron basically. She's got to get pretty scary if she's going to compete with the image of the Eye that we keep seeing.<P>Mayla and Rosa, I agree that Frodo sounded a lot more suspicious than he was in the book. OTOH the time in the movie was all different; they only seem to be in Lothlorien about 48 hours, so maybe Frodo is still having aftershocks from being stabbed by the cave-troll, seeing Gandalf fall, being surprised by Elves who are aiming arrows at him, and meeting Galadriel and having her looking into his mind and being told that his coming is as the footsteps of Doom - all in the last day or two! He probably doesn't know up from down at this point, so maybe he would sound pretty suspicious at this point, in the sense of "Oh lord, what now?" Liked it better in the book, though.<p>[ March 10, 2002: Message edited by: Kalimac ] __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.