Ending of RotK - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Only Real Estel · 01-13-2004, 11:15 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>One of the most memorable images I have of Frodo from the book is him bedridden, staring off into space and fingering Arwen's pendent. Obviously we won't be getting Arwen's pendent, but there was always such a sense of irrecoverable loss with Frodo. I would say it was like he lost a limb, but it is even worse than that.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Exactly. We never get much of a feeling of that. I did like the 'how do you pick up the threads of an old life' part, but that really doesn't come close enough. We (or at least the non-reading audience, & those of the book-reading ones that are trying to watch the movie without letting it lean on the books) get stuck with the 'why exactly is he leaving?' question. I've heard others that thought he left because 'his shoulder hurt', or 'because he had his finger bitten off'. Although those obviously played parts in it, I don't think that PJ got it across all that well.

01-13-2004, 11:15 AM	#31
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>One of the most memorable images I have of Frodo from the book is him bedridden, staring off into space and fingering Arwen's pendent. Obviously we won't be getting Arwen's pendent, but there was always such a sense of irrecoverable loss with Frodo. I would say it was like he lost a limb, but it is even worse than that.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Exactly. We never get much of a feeling of that. I did like the 'how do you pick up the threads of an old life' part, but that really doesn't come close enough. We (or at least the non-reading audience, & those of the book-reading ones that are trying to watch the movie without letting it lean on the books) get stuck with the 'why exactly is he leaving?' question. I've heard others that thought he left because 'his shoulder hurt', or 'because he had his finger bitten off'. Although those obviously played parts in it, I don't think that PJ got it across all that well.