tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253322138605936443.post4399355478931665873..comments2023-07-11T22:25:51.150+08:00Comments on Bits Of Fluff: There is Something I Don't Like About the LOTR TrilogySumedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143819603608847060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253322138605936443.post-40838527835642216482009-02-14T18:48:00.000+08:002009-02-14T18:48:00.000+08:00"..least two >>ocassions<< that....."..least two >>ocassions<< that.."<BR/>Maybe this Aragorn guy has dabba taste. Lots of hot guys I know roam around completely happy with these nothing-girls. It's true the other way round too.Amphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387785871272717630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253322138605936443.post-73004347830727249342009-01-13T13:09:00.000+08:002009-01-13T13:09:00.000+08:00@Anon: Thanks.@Aishwarya: I do agree that Sam is t...@Anon: Thanks.<BR/><BR/>@Aishwarya: I do agree that Sam is the real hero. It's just that I think the movies make Frodo too much the centre of attention, and therefore, make him look like an incapable "hero".<BR/><BR/>And you're right... we really don't see much of Arwen at all. The little we do see of her (at least in the movies) doesn't make me like her much. And you're right about the hero worship part too... Eowyn didn't know Aragorn at all. But shouldn't he have been really attracted to her when he saw her with the sword, saw her go to war? <BR/><BR/>And I thought she'd end up with Faramir.. there was a not-so-subtle look between them at the end of the movie. :)Sumedhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143819603608847060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253322138605936443.post-24487206121933165362009-01-06T15:34:00.000+08:002009-01-06T15:34:00.000+08:00For your first, I'd argue that Sam is the real her...For your first, I'd argue that Sam is the real hero of the story anyway. Frodo's more prominent a character, but recently one of my teachers asked the class who they thought the hero was and everyone yelled "Sam", so it seems I'm not alone! And I think to a great extent Frodo is the moral centre of the story - more obviously in the book than in the film though.<BR/><BR/>As for the second, I'm not a huge fan of Arwen because we never see enough of her to get to <I>know</I> her. But the thing is, Tolkien's writing against this gigantic backdrop of middle earth, and so much is going on offscreen because it's all too big to be put into one book. There's a bit in the appendices of Lord of the Rings where the first meeting of Aragorn and Arwen is described, but that's all. But the book also doesn't make such a parade of the love story as the movie does, so the lack of background for the love story isn't felt as a lack.<BR/>Eowyn is amazing. But Tolkien's conservative - he can write a brilliant warrior-maiden character but she has to be quietened down at the end. I'm rather glad she doesn't end up with Aragorn - you're right, it's understandable that she'd fall for him; but that sort of love is hero-worship of a sort. She ends up with Faramir (who is lovely) in the book, and that bit makes me happy; but she also decides to give up her shield and work in the garden. which makes me sad.Aishwaryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871059152281065272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253322138605936443.post-32787296190122600892009-01-01T22:24:00.000+08:002009-01-01T22:24:00.000+08:00Good to see you back.An occasional readerGood to see you back.<BR/><BR/>An occasional readerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com