TOM BOMBADIL!!! His character adds so much mystery. It reminds one that Middle Earth is much bigger than even the ring. The intro makes it sound like Middle Earth is the ring. What the movie seriously lacks is character depth. All of a sudden, Legolas and Gimli quit the mean jabs and become friends. Why, one asks? The Lothlorien scene was pathetically brief (you can bet I’ll buy the DVD for that scene extension), so that we never see the transformation of Gimli. And, after rereading LoTR, I found that the Lorien scene in the book felt like summer, complete with golden sunlight and elanor flowers. In the movie it was dark and gloomy looking, and Sam never saw elanors! Okay, so I’ve complained enough. I must add that the Great River scenes were exceptionally well done and I was quite happy to see that Aragorn’s ancestors cast in stone still stood guard over the river. I have enough faith in Peter Jackson to know that he’ll work out the gift-giving scene somehow.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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