more LOTR

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Brian Yoon" <Seiryuu_Avatar at m...> wrote:
> Perhaps LotR made very good decisions in choosing what to cut out 
and such,
> but it seemed to me, a non-reader, very hurried.  I'm not exactly 
sure what
> I mean by that, but it seems a bit esoteric.  Were we supposed to 
know of
> "Striker" and his liason with that elf-girl?  I was left 
thinking... what
> the?


You know, I had no clue as to how confusing it might be.
Strider, as in someone who strides about...is in love with Arwen 
Evenstar, an elf who has chosen a short life with him rather than 
immortality without him..the choice of Luthien
> 
> Oh, and I noticed they made Gandalf a bit less competent in the 
movie.  In
> the book (I read very little of the book.., so forgive me if I get 
this
> wrong), he knew about Bilbo's ring, and the fact that it was evil. 
In the
> movie, he doesn't know anything about it, and he's surprised at 
what he
> uncovers.  And he doesn't do any flashy magic!>>



Actually, the film follows the book in spirit. Gandalf knew that 
Bilbo had a ring of power, and began to suspect that it might be the 
one ring when Bilbo lived and did not age. But in the book -- as in 
the movie -- he did not know that it was the one ring until he cast 
it into the fire in Bag End and saw the writing on it.

I don't know of any flashy magic that Gandalf did in the movie that 
he didn't do in the book?...?

Unless you're referring to the pitched battle with Saruman... 
>