On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > I didn't have a problem with the lake-beastie. > > > Uh? The pseudo-Kraken *captures* Frodo, raised him over > his mouth, and then releases him!
Didn't that tentacle get shot or chopped or something? I'll admit I don't remember clearly. > > I thought the troll-fight > > was ok, except for the animation of the troll itself, > > which seemed a little off. On the other hand, it struck > > me as sort of a high-end "Harryhausen moment" so I let > > it pass. > > > But the Troll does a lot of things, except cause *any* harm > to any character! Not even a broken rib :-/ ...and yet I don't recall any broken ribs in the book, either. I think the troll in the movie combines two enemies, a troll and an orc-cheiftan (who's the one that actually tries to spear Frodo). Still, think think it's safe to conclude from the scene that there were bruises a-plenty and shared by all. Plus, I really enjoyed the choreography. > > > > The one part of the movie that I didn't much like was > > Galadriel's line, "Even the smallest person can change > > the future." WTF? That's not a line that belongs in > > LotR...it belongs in a made-for-children's-TV time > > travel movie. Totally off. But I can forgive it for the > > sake of her "Queen of the Dawn" speech, which rocked. > > > But this sentence, with a different wording, is IIRC said > somehow in LotR. The Queen of the Dawn is one my favourite > LotR parts: [snip] > I can't find any sentence approximating the Line-That-Offends, but I agree the Queen of the Dawn speech is one of the terrific parts. Cate Blanchet and Peter Jackson really nailed it. Marvin Long Austin, Texas
