In a message dated Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:22:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 4:27 PM > Subject: Re: More LotR footage for movie > > > > > > I agree. The same thing with Bilbo's wanting of the Ring while in the > elf > > room. In both cases, I thought that the director took the theme of the > > evil lurking within us all a bit too far...... > > I agree that it was overdone with Bilbo, but it wasn't totally off the mark. > With Bilbo we have > > "to his distress and amazement he found that he was no longer looking at > Bilbo; a shadow seem to have fallen between them, and through it he found > himself eyeing a little wrinkled creature with a hungry face and bony > groping hands. He felt a desire to strike him." I agree with Dan. The scene was completely in keeping with the book
