[HPFGU-Movie] Re: (unknown)

[mugg1eb0rn at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/21/2006 12:11:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
joxy at inet.karoo.co.uk writes:
<< >when they wanted to put Arwen in, they went to the appendices to find
appropriate things

What things are you - and another contributor - thinking of here?

And can you think of anything more INappropriate than making Arwen
sneak up on Aragorn with a sword and then take over the Flight to the
Ford?:-)  >>
As a matter of fact, yes: putting in the character of Glorfindel for that one 
scene and having him never reappear again until a cameo in the Coronation 
scene. I'd rather Arwen appeared a bit more in the story than that.

BUT...this is a list for the HP movies--what's the tie in?

I will add something myself, however, to keep this discussion in the Harry 
Potter realm (there are plenty of lists devoted to LotR if you want to deal with 
that exclusively...)

This thread began, I believe, with an HP fan wondering if the LotR movies and 
books are worth watching and reading. I say, a resounding "yes" to both. 
While JKR didn't spend decades developing the WW, as Tolkien did with Middle 
Earth, she shares with him an ability to create a world that readers can inhabit 
and imagine themselves living in. When you couple that with the attention to 
detail and their love of language, whether it is creating fantastic names or 
describing the fantastic worlds they created, I can see that someone who enjoys 
one will enjoy the other as well.

It is clear that no one will ever see everything they want in movies created 
from books--that's why it's a great idea to enjoy both.

jamelia


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