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Lush · 12-26-2002, 11:08 PM

To add to what has already been mentioned regarding the Arwen/Elrond dynamic in the film: allow me to remind you that Tolkien himself wrote that the final parting of father and daughter was a "bitter" one. Therefore, Peter Jackson's portrayal of a nervous and p*ssed off Elrond is not necessarily inaccurate.I agree with lindil that Elrond's character is largely misrepresented in the films we have seen so far, but, as Man-of-the-Wold has pointed out, Peter Jackson is mostly just being "unsubtle."Why? Because when one is cramming a thousand pages worth of extremely complex stuff into films that must be commercially succesful, one can rarely afford to be subtle. That being said, I can forgive, and enjoy the Arwen/Elrond debacle. It was beautifully photographed, dramatically tense, ect., etc.

12-26-2002, 11:08 PM	#1
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	To add to what has already been mentioned regarding the Arwen/Elrond dynamic in the film: allow me to remind you that Tolkien himself wrote that the final parting of father and daughter was a "bitter" one. Therefore, Peter Jackson's portrayal of a nervous and p*ssed off Elrond is not necessarily inaccurate.<P>I agree with lindil that Elrond's character is largely misrepresented in the films we have seen so far, but, as Man-of-the-Wold has pointed out, Peter Jackson is mostly just being "unsubtle."<P>Why? Because when one is cramming a thousand pages worth of extremely complex stuff into films that <I>must</I> be commercially succesful, one can rarely afford to be subtle. <P>That being said, I can forgive, and enjoy the Arwen/Elrond debacle. It was beautifully photographed, dramatically tense, ect., etc. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~