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Viewpoint
That little part with Aragorn being dragged off the cliff and the stuff that happens becasue of it is my all-time favorite sequences. (Yes, I am wierd.) I am a BIG fan of the books, but they did a good job with that part.
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Gimli’s insult to Haldir
I read somewhere that the translation of Gimli’s insult to Haldir means, “I spit on your grave.” Aragorn was not happy when Gimli spoke to Haldir. To me, spitting on your grave is more insulting than a plague on the stiff necks of Elves. If I ever find out where I got this translation, I…
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The Love Triangle
She was very different, I think that’s one of the things I really disliked about the movie character. Her love for Aragorn was played up to much in a misguided attempt to bring some will he/won’t he love triangle tension into the film – no need! It also diluted her motivation, the strong desire to…
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Legolas change
Well they bchanged a lot about Legolas, but at least they did not massacre his character like they did with Faramir.
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Gimli & Eomer
I missed the part where Gimli get all huffy with Eomer about his words concerning the Lady of the Golden Wood. It would have been fun to see them discussing the relative merits of Grandmother and Granddaughter at Aragorn and Arwen’s wedding!
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change in personality
Legolas seemed less combatative. He seemed more interesed in going to the undying lands. He didn’t seem too happy about killing orcs either. Yet in the moive he seemed quite okay about doing it. Legolas seemed to have taken on a totally different persona in the movie. He doesn’t appear to be the softspoken elf…
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3.11. The Palantír
King Théoden (Bernard Hill) hails his audience, while Éomer (Karl Urban) is dying with thirst in the backgroud Party at Edoras It sounds almost incredible to any book-fan, but after the confrontation with Saruman – where it is made very clear that the fate of the world will be soon decided – the King’s company…
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Éowyn
Miranda Otto as Éowyn in ‘The Return of the King’ Éowyn in ‘The Two Towers’: the silent take-over We are introduced to Éowyn in ‘The Two Towers’, when she is still of very little importance to the story. As a matter of fact, in the book she only appears in chapter 3.VI. The King of…
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Frodo Baggins
In ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ Frodo was set out from Rivendell with the Fellowship to cast the Ring of Power to the fires of Mount Doom. In ‘The Return of the King’ Frodo now tries to finish that hopeless task and survive the greatest dangers alone with Sam. After leaving Faramir, their last link…
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4.02. The Passage of the Marshes
Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam) and Andy Serkis (Gollum) follow hidden paths through the mists How did it happen in the movie? Frodo, Sam and Gollum reach the marshes and Gollum tells how he has found a safe path through the mist that Orcs don’t know or use. When they stop to eat Gollum…
