Lord of the Rings roles (was [HPFGU-Movie] Re: switching character parts)

Samaporn Teeravechyan teeravec at fas.harvard.edu
Sun Dec 2 15:25:43 UTC 2001


'Lord of the Rings' movie discussion ... SPOILERS ahead for those who have
never read the books.

At 02:17 PM 12/2/01 -0000, Heather wrote:

>>> There's no telling what will make us cranky 
>>> about what is left in or out or how it looks right or wrong. I'm already
>>> cranky about the character of Arwen riding a horse and waving a sword in
>>> "Lord of the Rings"  
>> 
>> Actually, I was thinking about that too. My impression is that they
>> replaced Glorfindel with Arwen, so that they don't have to introduce yet
>> another character who will have no role later. That's sort of okay with me
>> -I always felt cheated by the lack of Arwen's character development.
>> 
>  I'm rather suspecting Arwen may end up getting some of Eowyn's 
> schtick as well. Poor Boromir, nobody to settle for him after 
> realizing they'll never get the much cooler Aragorn.

Eowyn's a strong character on her own, and faces problems very different
from Arwen. I doubt that Eowyn's role will be in any way watered down.
Given that there are so few strong women featured in 'Lord of the Rings'
(I'd say, just two: Lady Galadriel and Eowyn) and that the script writers
seem to notice this, Eowyn's role might be enlargened with exploits taken
from other minor characters. 

As for poor Boromir ... I can't say I feel too sorry for him on this score.
Besides, I've never been too fond of his character, although I suppose the
Ring corrupts even the best of men - and women (didn't you find the part
when Galadriel talks about the Ring with Frodo rather creepy?).

Samaporn




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