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Bêthberry · 04-21-2004, 10:49 AM

A very good way to put it, Menel, aside from the gripes, something was missing.

For me, the first film, FotR, came closest to providing that ineluctable sense of wonder or special creation. The latter two films seemed to rely too much on misplaced pranks and out of place humour and special effects for them to suggest Middle-earth. They remained movies rather than a special place. imho

As for Galadriel, I often wonder if an older actress would have accomplished more, one who clearly could have been Elrond's mother in law. Susan Sarandon?

04-21-2004, 10:49 AM	#5
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	A very good way to put it, Menel, aside from the gripes, something was missing. For me, the first film, FotR, came closest to providing that ineluctable sense of wonder or special creation. The latter two films seemed to rely too much on misplaced pranks and out of place humour and special effects for them to suggest Middle-earth. They remained movies rather than a special place. imho As for Galadriel, I often wonder if an older actress would have accomplished more, one who clearly could have been Elrond's mother in law. Susan Sarandon? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.