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05-03-2005, 09:52 AM | #81 | |
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05-03-2005, 12:43 PM | #82 |
Spirit of the Lonely Star
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Bethberry -
My apologies. The last thing on my mind was criticizing anyone. As I read your comments about length of post, I was heartily chuckling since I am someone who is eternally guilty of never preferring one word when two will do the trick. I was taking a gentle poke at my own bad habits while smiling at your request. (I'd just come from the party thread where part of my character's personna was good naturedly exposing her own foibles.) A good topic. Wish I had time to say more. My life has been too hectic to do anything other than simply stay abreast in the Shire. Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.....
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05-03-2005, 02:30 PM | #83 |
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Very possibly I'm in the minority. But I found the Gimli of the books, Galadriel's courtly knight, hilarious, while being articulate and moving. His interaction with Eomer was among the highlights of the books for me. The contrast between his extreme charm and his gruff exterior was in itself far funnier than all the gaseous activity in the world. Perhaps it would have been harder to milk that Jackson's belch jokes. But I would have made much of his pride and prejudice before Lothlorien, used Galadriel's effect on him for tragicomic purposes, and thereafter used him as a proper verbal, as well as physical, foil to Legolas.
All in all, melancholy probably doesn't sell tickets like roistering comedy, but I was saddened by the scarcity of the sadder elements; Legolas' seagull experience being dropped altogether and Gimli's Galadriel experience only alluded to in the EE. These events are the focal points of the Elf and Dwarf, and their characters were threadbare without them, it seemed to me. (Though Gimli got off better than Legolas by virtue of being at least well-acted...Orlando wouldn't know melancholy if it challenged him to a skating contest.)
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05-03-2005, 02:41 PM | #84 | |
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And about Legolas-he wasn't really talked about so much in the books,and it should have stayed that way.Orlando Bloom maybe was a good chooice for Legolas (I'm saying this because if I say he's a bad acter,I'll probably be beaten to death ) but I don't know....he really isn't the character he was in the books.I liked Boromir more then Legolas in the movie,because Boromir was...well,Boromir,if you know what I mean.And Legolas isn't good because it isn't the real Legolas.It is some charmer that has no regrets,knows no sorrows and so on.And that scene when he can sense that Sauron is focused on their location is just awful.What is he,some special sort of wizard or shaman?So,I liked Gimli in both movies and the books,but I really didn't like Legolas in the movie.They should have read the whole book to get some idea of what's Legolas like.
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09-06-2005, 09:26 PM | #85 |
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Because 'shall I fetch you a box'' is a funny line
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