I'm with you on the enhanced Arwen role, partly for the relationship justification, but also to ramp up the already high stakes for Aragorn. I love my heroes angsty. I was okay with it, but I was very sad they used such a lightweight, flabby actress (talentwise, not prettywise, because of course she's gorgeous).
I haven't read the books yet, but I got the impression Galadriel was supposed to scare as much as she attracted, and I'm glad you brought this up, because I probably wouldn't have said anything otherwise. I figured I was just overanalyzing. Whew.
Don't look to the extended versions to appease your need for more depth and weight for her character -- if anything the additional scenes I've seen show her being all smiley and maternal. I saw no justification at all for her skeery reputation.
I really would have loved to see the scouring of the shire, knowing what I know about it now. I mean, great, we'll get to see more Saruman on the extended edition, which is sort of good (his death rewritten, I believe), but I also felt highly cheated regarding Pippin and Merry's eventual fates. Pippin especially grew so much and blossomed in the third film, and I was sorely disappointed to see him literally abandoned at the shore.
Oh, so much to say about these phenomenal films. I must read the books and then comment in an educated way.
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Date: 2003-12-22 03:11 pm (UTC)I haven't read the books yet, but I got the impression Galadriel was supposed to scare as much as she attracted, and I'm glad you brought this up, because I probably wouldn't have said anything otherwise. I figured I was just overanalyzing. Whew.
Don't look to the extended versions to appease your need for more depth and weight for her character -- if anything the additional scenes I've seen show her being all smiley and maternal. I saw no justification at all for her skeery reputation.
I really would have loved to see the scouring of the shire, knowing what I know about it now. I mean, great, we'll get to see more Saruman on the extended edition, which is sort of good (his death rewritten, I believe), but I also felt highly cheated regarding Pippin and Merry's eventual fates. Pippin especially grew so much and blossomed in the third film, and I was sorely disappointed to see him literally abandoned at the shore.
Oh, so much to say about these phenomenal films. I must read the books and then comment in an educated way.