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Theron Bugtussle · 12-29-2003, 02:05 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>doug*platypus: Another little one would be the Evenstar. It leaves Aragorn...Later it is returned to him, consuming precious seconds of screen time for no clear reason. I can't see what the point of that particular loss and finding was.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>*mutters* Probably had something to do with Aragorn losing and refinding his lost love for Arwen. Off and on during all the movies, PJ revisits his completely invented story line that only Arwen knows who she loves and how much. The sense that Aragorn has no real love for Arwen, no self-respect, no sense of destiny, no poetic soul for his place in history compared to Beren with Luthien. Talk about wasting precious screen time!*continues muttering* For instance, I really do not know why PJ included Aragorn singing part of the Lay of Luthien in FotR-EE...PJ simply murders that part of Tolkien's story with all his movie-gorn wishy-washiness.*Harrumph!*

12-29-2003, 02:05 PM	#13
Theron Bugtussle Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Blowing the froth off a couple in this quaint little pub in Michel Delving. Posts: 147	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><B>dougplatypus</B>: Another little one would be the Evenstar. It leaves Aragorn...Later it is returned to him, consuming precious seconds of screen time for no clear reason. I can't see what the point of that particular loss and finding was.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>mutters* Probably had something to do with Aragorn losing and refinding his lost love for Arwen. Off and on during all the movies, PJ revisits his <I>completely invented</I> story line that only Arwen knows who she loves and how much. The sense that Aragorn has no real love for Arwen, no self-respect, no sense of destiny, no poetic soul for his place in history compared to Beren with Luthien. Talk about wasting precious screen time!<P>continues muttering For instance, I really do not know why PJ included Aragorn singing part of the Lay of Luthien in FotR-EE...PJ simply murders that part of Tolkien's story with all his <I>movie-gorn wishy-washiness</I>.<P>Harrumph! __________________ For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying. -Gandalf, The Two Towers