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Finwe · 11-24-2003, 06:16 PM

Absolutely magnificent!!!! Even Viggo Mortensen admitted that Miranda Otto's Eowyn was probably more "right" for Aragorn than Arwen was. I loved Eowyn's character from the very beginning of reading The Two Towers, just because I can relate to her so well, especially with the cage metaphor. My biggest fear of the movie version was that they would turn the relationship between Eowyn and Aragorn into one of those Hollywood-type love triangles. But, then again, we probably haven't given PJ the credit that he deserves. I love the way that they put in a couple of lines from the book when Eowyn "complains" to Aragorn that she's been sent to babysit in the caves, in the EE. I think Aragorn genuinely loved Eowyn, but he knew that deep down inside, she loved the promise of glory that he gave her, not him as a person. I'm not saying that she didn't love him at all, but that that love was overlaid with a desire to be free. I really think that Miranda deserved a Best Supporting Actress award, because she is absolutely brilliant!!!! Go Miranda!!!! <P><BR>(BTW, I also love how she says in an interview, "I defy any woman to watch this film and not fall in love with him (Viggo)." So true!!!!

11-24-2003, 06:16 PM	#27
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Absolutely magnificent!!!! Even Viggo Mortensen admitted that Miranda Otto's Eowyn was probably more "right" for Aragorn than Arwen was. I loved Eowyn's character from the very beginning of reading The Two Towers, just because I can relate to her so well, especially with the cage metaphor. My biggest fear of the movie version was that they would turn the relationship between Eowyn and Aragorn into one of those Hollywood-type love triangles. But, then again, we probably haven't given PJ the credit that he deserves. I love the way that they put in a couple of lines from the book when Eowyn "complains" to Aragorn that she's been sent to babysit in the caves, in the EE. I think Aragorn genuinely loved Eowyn, but he knew that deep down inside, she loved the promise of glory that he gave her, not him as a person. I'm not saying that she didn't love him at all, but that that love was overlaid with a desire to be free. I really think that Miranda deserved a Best Supporting Actress award, because she is absolutely brilliant!!!! Go Miranda!!!! <P><BR>(BTW, I also love how she says in an interview, "I defy any woman to watch this film and not fall in love with him (Viggo)." So true!!!! __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.