Posted on 03/15/2002 6:54:33 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Oh, well. Someone pass me a dunce cap and I'll go sit in the corner... (sigh)
Not Took Corner, though.
Yeah, well if it hadn't been for "stupid weak" Boromir, Pippin and Merry wouldn't have.....and the Ents would not have....and Aragorn wouldn't have....Oh you get the picture you Bill Gates fan, you!
Hmmmm.... spicy wings?
Usually Buffalo ...er...Balrog wings.
This is one of those parts where their inner thoughts would have been helpful to the movie goer.
I'd argue against that, but I can't trust my memory.
And in the movie a third of the Company lets him go off by himself...
If they went after Frodo and Sam, who was going to save Merry and Pippin? If I recall correctly (blush) Aragorn makes that point in the book... did he make that point in the movie?
I guess I was trying to say that the movie version was more moving than the book version.
And Merry and Pippin (in the movie)...who in Rivendell so insisted on going with Frodo ...tell Frodo to run when they could all have stayed under cover and avoided the Orcs. Okay Pippin is clueless sometimes :) but he should have been afraid enough of the Orcs to keep hidden!
I like the way the scene was handled in the book better. In the book, there is always this "tension" [I'm too lazy to consult a thesarus for a better word] between Frodo not wanting to put his friends in danger and his friends not wanting to let Frodo go it alone. So you're always wondering if it's Frodo or his friends who will win that contest. For Aragorn, Merry, and Pippin to just let him go ruins the whole thing! :)
I also don't see it as diminishing him. I don't think they read him because he's shallow or anything, they can read him because they know his heart is true. IMHO :-)
uhmmmmm, ok, I'd agree with you on that.
Once the DVD comes out, I'll be able to argue these points better. (sigh, smile!)
Frodo wasn't going anywhere until the Orcs had passed by!
Movie Frodo didn't behave right either. If he really wanted to give everyone the slip he would have put on the Ring like he did in the book:
"I must go now or I shall never go. I shan't get a chance again. I hate leaving them, and like this without any explanation. But surely they will understand. Sam will. And what else can I do?"Slowly he drew out the Ring and put it on once more. He vanished and passed down the hill, less than a rustle of the wind.
I think those balrog wings may have a little "smoky" flavor...
That is the question! :)
Yeah! I'll agree with you there. I was disappointed we didn't get to see the boat sliding by itself into the river, Sam chasing after it, and the invisible Frodo rescuing him from the river.
For good or ill, I'm still up... but fading fast! :)
those balrog wings may have a little "smoky" flavor
hehe, smoky and fiery, sounds about right!
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