Popularity of LOTR... How sad...

[InklingElf]

oh goodness gracious -- where have I heard this "Arwen is the 'spirit' of the Ring," before? Well, often times at school by bespectacled movie fans (although I will not become a hypocrite by saying I am not), but more often from my 8-yr. old sister whose only purpose in watching LOTR in the first place is Liv Tyler and her arwen-ness.

Perhaps there was too much emphasis on Arwen -- and perhaps people are just too lazy to cite the true sources, etched in ink on hard/paper-bound paper...Eorl, I truly understand where you are coming from, however I do not think it fair to say that

The movie. has. ruined. the book.

It is unfair to Peter Jackson -- since he himself is a 'Tolkienologist' -- or whatever that may mean. Nevertheless, we cannot assume that even if a 'new-found love' for Prof. Tolkien's literature arises due to the movie(s), that everyone will start reading the books...or...am I babbling again?

In short, I too believe that people should not talk of things in which they have no authority; no knowledge of what they are talking about -- in this case of 'Arwen's spirit'. However, I am also not entitled to who is the 'authority' in these things. I cannot give it to them -- I know it becomes annoying at times.

Opinion is such a fascinating thing.