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Magician of Nathar · 04-25-2003, 08:25 PM

Things that turned my stomach in TTT.1. Gollum's line of "But master is my friend!" with that sympathetic innocent expression. Gollum is a well done character, BUT that part is just overdone. I mean come on! What is this? Disney? 2. Frodo. No offense to Elijah Wood, but a boy like him just can't pull it off. The Frodo he portrayed is unstable, fearful, miserable, and on the verge of going nuts. The characterization just doesn't fit. But sense Frodo is my least favourite character in the first place, it put me out of misery by seeing almost nothing of him.Things that aren't quite right but I liked nontheless.1. Gimli. Since when did the grumpy dwarf start cracking jokes? But it was funny. It made dwarves much more likable.2. Eowyn. Since when did the ice queen turned to a sunshine girl? Not that the sunshine girl is not appealing or anything. She is so cute and innocent, yet very capable in the hour of need. Very steady and realistic.3. Haldir's death. Understatement of the year: an elf's death is the hardest thing to witness. But I understand PJ's need for tragedy.4. Faramir. Well, it's different from the book. But hey! We need melodrama and expense, and that did well enough.5. Aragorn. Mortensen pulled off a wonderful performance. However, every proud and aragant fibre are pulled out of the character. Now our Aragorn is so human. I loved it anyway, but I still have to wonder: how are they going to establish him as a King? Guess I will wait and see.

04-25-2003, 08:25 PM	#11
Magician of Nathar Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 46	Things that turned my stomach in TTT.<P>1. Gollum's line of "But master is my friend!" with that sympathetic innocent expression. Gollum is a well done character, BUT that part is just overdone. I mean come on! What is this? Disney? <P>2. Frodo. No offense to Elijah Wood, but a boy like him just can't pull it off. The Frodo he portrayed is unstable, fearful, miserable, and on the verge of going nuts. The characterization just doesn't fit. But sense Frodo is my least favourite character in the first place, it put me out of misery by seeing almost nothing of him.<P>Things that aren't quite right but I liked nontheless.<P>1. Gimli. Since when did the grumpy dwarf start cracking jokes? But it was funny. It made dwarves much more likable.<P>2. Eowyn. Since when did the ice queen turned to a sunshine girl? Not that the sunshine girl is not appealing or anything. She is so cute and innocent, yet very capable in the hour of need. Very steady and realistic.<P>3. Haldir's death. Understatement of the year: an elf's death is the hardest thing to witness. But I understand PJ's need for tragedy.<P>4. Faramir. Well, it's different from the book. But hey! We need melodrama and expense, and that did well enough.<P>5. Aragorn. Mortensen pulled off a wonderful performance. However, every proud and aragant fibre are pulled out of the character. Now our Aragorn is so human. I loved it anyway, but I still have to wonder: how are they going to establish him as a King? Guess I will wait and see.