[Meela]

its a great analysis. Fotr definitely had a better romance. It was much more toned down, bringing it into the sub-plots subtley. <BR>The action was much more hyped up in TTT. Fotr, although only an introduction for most of it, was rather slow and dull. But Fotr did cover a lot of emotion in a very good way. Also, the action in Fotr, although small, was actually a lot more meaningful. I think they went a bit overboard with TTT, trying to impress everyone.<BR>The humour in Fotr was much more subtle. A lot of people have commented on how Gimli was merely the comic relief in TTT. This is very obvious, and degrades his character somewhat. Also, the humour and digs seemed to me to be the basis of the prgression in Legolas and Gimli's friendship. The books made it out to be a serious progression, or so i thought they may have done.<BR>Legolas was rather pointless in TTT, to be blunt. I agree, some of his humour was terrible. It came across as though they were trying desperately to find a use for Legolas, as we all know he didnt achieve that much in the books, anyway. They could have made him to be a subtle background supporter, with a few decent lines, and a couple of scenes involving him more closely, as they did in Fotr.<BR>Yes, the soundtrack was excellent in both films. In TTT, the Rohan theme conveyed the situation terribly well, picking up on the way the country is falling apart and using the music to back it up. I hope they do as well when it comes to Gondor in Rotk.<P>You missed a subject <BR>Arwen. She deserves a place of her own after all the discussions on her expanded role.<BR>Although she shouldn't really have been so involved in Fotr, now I've seen TTT i realise that she was actually very good in Fotr. She was put across in as normal and subtle a role as say, Elrond or Haldir, not being overused or emphasised. In TTT, the use of Arwen, although well done at some points and adding to the plot, was a little over ridiculed in some places (and as much as i liked the dream scene, i will admit it was a tad pathetic and time wasting). Perhaps if they had left out the dream (which to me seemed actually to be more of an excuse to show off Liv Tyler's chest- focusing on the Evenstar my a**) the Arwen plot would have been more tolerable and well conveyed.