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**lindil** · 12-19-2003, 07:21 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Did you like the way Arwen was portrayed in the third movie and Tyler's acting of the role? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Two thumbs down. Bad casting worse writing. Finwe posted [in regards to her dying because of the ring]:'You have to admit, it certainly makes things a LOT more dramatic. With Arwen dying'Yep it was high drama alright, I wondered indeed how much more cheesy can PJ get than tying the ring's power to Arwen's mortality.All in all possibly the most stupid 'adaptation' in the whole trilogy.Doug posted [ah we are ever fated to be at odds on this movie it seems ] :'To anyone not so lucky that thought this scene was rubbish, perhaps you will think differently in another 10 or 20 years.'Well Doug I have two young girls and I thought the whole re-casting of motives for 'Aragorn'/'Arwen'/'Elrond' etc, was poor, and would have been poor in any context [non-tolkien] the fact that it was re-writing LotR only made it the sadder.The mercy of course is that it is now over, and one no longer needs to wonder how 'Middle-Earth's' royal family will be twisted into hollywood shape.

12-19-2003, 07:21 PM	#24
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Did you like the way Arwen was portrayed in the third movie and Tyler's acting of the role? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Two thumbs down. Bad casting worse writing. <P>Finwe posted [in regards to her dying because of the ring]:'You have to admit, it certainly makes things a LOT more dramatic. With Arwen dying'<P>Yep it was high drama alright, I wondered indeed how much more cheesy can PJ get than tying the ring's power to Arwen's mortality.<P>All in all possibly the most stupid 'adaptation' in the whole trilogy.<P>Doug posted [ah we are ever fated to be at odds on this movie it seems ] :'To anyone not so lucky that thought this scene was rubbish, perhaps you will think differently in another 10 or 20 years.'<P>Well Doug I have two young girls and I thought the whole re-casting of motives for 'Aragorn'/'Arwen'/'Elrond' etc, was poor, and would have been poor in any context [non-tolkien] the fact that it was re-writing LotR only made it the sadder.<P>The mercy of course is that it is now over, and one no longer needs to wonder how 'Middle-Earth's' royal family will be twisted into hollywood shape. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.