[Evisse the Blue]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>"For Frodo" line has much a different meaning to it. In other words it is for revenge, not for hope. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>well, you could look at it that way, but I think it was about their sacrifice to allow Frodo to get his task done. I like the way, how the audience always goes deadly quiet right before Aragorn says that line (this has happened every time and I've seen the movie 5 times). they are holding their breath waiting to see what Aragorn will say in response of the Eye taunting him --it calls to him 'Aragorn, Elessar (did you notice that he uses the exact tone of voice the Ring did at the end of FOTR?), he takes a few steps forward, turns back to Gandalf et al, he has this slight smile upon his face and everybody stands in expectation: the audience and the characters. And then he says 'For Frodo' and rushes forward. So yes, it was a powerful moment.<P>I remembered something I found slightly funny: when the 'Eye' (or maybe I should say the lighthouse of Mordor) starts speaking, and they cut to the reaction of the crowd, Legolas has this mildly curious look, as if thinking "oh, look, the eye is speaking... I wonder what's for dinner". That's funny -- the elf sure has a hard time catching on... <P>And even if i did not find the "For Frodo" line cheesy in the context, I did not care much for Aragorn's speech. it was much too hollywoodian for my taste. And I noticed that when Viggo tries to raise his voice, it sounds high pitched and funny, so he's not a really good speaker for these grand battle speeches. IMO, that is.<P>And another thing I found quite annoying was that jackson resorted again to that old ploy of 'oh, dear, will he or won't he die?' As if the destruction of the ring, Gollum's death, Frodo pathetically hanging by a hand over a precipice, and basically all Middle Earth in danger of destruction wasn't enough, Aragorn had to be in mortal danger at the hands of a troll, seconds before the Ring was destroyed! This tried my patience a bit too much!<P>That's not too say I did not like the movie, as some seem to think that saying you don't like a certain thing means you hated the movie in its entirety. I just thought some things, especially, the Black Gate scenes could have been done better.<P>Oh, and the coming of the Eagles, though wonderfully done (I loved how they battled the Nazgul), it would have been more powerful indeed if Pippin's line had preceeded it, instead of accompany it.