As much as I <I>liked</I> Otto's portrayal, I couldn't feel the same emotions for her that I had felt for the real Eowyn. Otto was less than heroic, Eowyn was more than heroic. You're not supposed to like Eowyn, you are supposed to be in awe of her. The biggest problem was that Otto showed fear. Any fear at all detracted from the part. Eowyn was going to battle that she might die. Where was her steely resolve? I wanted to see her fight the Witch King for her own glory and honor, despising the likelihood of death for valour. Again, her and Merry were a great team, and very heart-warming, to be sure, but that was all wrong. She needed to be cold, distant, <I>fey</I>. I wanted to see her doom written in her eyes. <P>Did anyone else think that her helmet made her look unusually silly, as if her face was made of putty and her nose was mushed? And the lines! Where were Tolkien's glorious, lines, taut with all those emotions and despair that he'd built up from her first appearance?! <P>On the other hand, the Nazgul King was done well, and I loved it when she hacked off the beast's head. I've never heard an audience so enthusiastically applaud a scene.
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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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