Aragorn, Elessar, Elfstone, Strider (Telecontar in the High Tongue), its all the same. I think it means badass in modern English. Rocket2k- They gave Arwen Glorfindel's part.
!!WARNING SPOILLER!! Arwen and Aragon have a thing for each other, but they cannot marry unless she becomes a mortal. They have a 'kind of' romantic scene together- but nothing really happens at that stage. When Gandalf fell down with the Balrog, and the rest of the Fellowship got out of the caves of Moria and started crying, I was brought to tears. Although I knew that he comes back, that particular moment was the most powerful in the movie (so far), in my opinion. Anyone else feel that?
Well now, Aragorn really gets around...It is insinuated that he and Eowyn have something going later on. Glorfindel?? Glorfindel was the elven prince sent out from Rivendell to find them after the encounter with the ringwraiths right? (keep in mind I haven't read the books in a while) Just how in the hell do they translate that into a big part for a female elf? And whats this I hear about no Tom Bombadil? I was hoping they would have some fun with him.. Oh well...I guess this is why I don't make the movies, if I had my way it wouldn't deviate from the book AT ALL!! Btw...for any Tolkien fanatics, I just got a boxset called "The History of the Rings" it was written by Christopher Tolkien and it details the writing of the trilogy that he cobbled together from his fathers notes (Tolkien never threw anything away) I haven't gotten very far into it, but it's very interesting so far.
Actually Aragorn cant marry Arwen because Elrond, her father, wont allow it. Elves and Men dont intermarry, although it happened once with Beren and Luthien. Aragorn has to regain his kingship before he can marry her. Which makes sense because nobody would want their daughter to marry an exile.
Another aspect of FOTR that I was greatly appreciative of was the absence of any musical distractions that were peppered throughout the book. Sure, it is nice to know that the elves and hobbits love to sing, but it really doesn't add much to the film (frankly, it adds even less to the novels, in my opinion, and never liked it when Tolkien put them in the books). There is no hobbits singing silly songs or anything of that nature. Others may be disappointed in that, but I am VERY glad Peter Jackson saw the folly of it.
I was talking to my friend (who hadn't read the book and knew little of the story) after seeing the movie for the second time, and he told me that they made Boromir too evil. And I replied that he wasn't meant to be 'evil', he was used to demonstrate how the One Ring has a psychological effect over others. I noticed that other people who haven't read the book (and some who have) commented on this as well, and how he shouldn't have been made in to an evil character. Did anyone else find this? Oh, and the music/soundtrack is awesome!!
Just got home from watching it. Acting was excellent. Story was excellent. But I still found it rather boring. It was tooooo freakin long, and it did not have alot of action. I guess I was dissapointed overall. Maybe its because I saw it when I was really sleepy or something?
Not alot of action? How sleepy were you? The battle scenes were simply awesome, and they were many. IMO, of course...
Did you guys hear that they are ONLY going to show the Two Towers trailer during the last week of the LOTR release, and ONLY at the end of the movie? Brilliant !! Time to go see it again. DaDakota
