Clueless in Middle Earth (WAS LOTR movie)

[keithfras]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> 2.  I have to admit that I had no idea who most of the characters 
> were.  I got Gandolf (and I think Ian McClellan is amazing).  I got 
> Frodo (who I really thought was a 14 year old short person or 
> something until I saw the actor on Leno last night).  I got Sam and 
> the other Hobbits.  I did not get the women *at all.*

Arwen (Liv Tyler) was Elrond's (Chairman Guy's) daughter, who has the 
hots for Aragorn/Strider. Galadriel (blonde chick who starts out 
talking as if on sedatives) is an elf of royal blood. That's all you 
really need to know.

  I didn't 
> understand the Pretty Boy with the Arrows,

Legolas - they don't tell you, but he's the son of the King of the 
Elves of Mirkwood (which is to the north of Lothlorien).

 or the guy who died.  Who 
> was that Strider fellow?  Is he the same person as Aragorn?

Yes. :)

  I have 
> resolved to read the book immediately.

Good plan.


> 
> 3.  Uh, how come some of these people were not cast in HP?  Ian 
> McClellan is just way better than Richard Harris.  The guy with the 
> braids and metal headband who chaired the meeting (Elrond?) is 
Sirius 
> Black;

Hugo Weaving. AKA Agent Smith from The Matrix.
> 4.  OK, those orcs were just way, way too much and over the top.  
> Dang!  I liked the spooky guys on horseback, though, and that 
> music/sound they played whenever they came around was really 
freaking 
> me out.  I must go read the book. 

What about their scream? Wheesh! It gives me a headache every time I 
hear it!

 
> 
> 5.  Uh, Frodo puts the ring on and the world dissolves or 
something.  
> I was totally baffled by this. 

He enters a sort of shadow/wraith world/dimension.

 His sword was magical or something?  
> Why is the Kevlar suit so important, other than just conveniently 
> saving Frodo from the troll?  I must go read the book. 

Well, it's worth a fortune because it's made of mithril, which is 
very hard and light and also very rare at the time of the story (it 
was only found in Moria, which is rather hard *cough* to mine in any 
more because of the Balrog).

> Cindy (who thinks way too many creatures were beheaded in LotR and 
> those goblin things couldn't shoot well enough to hit the side of a 
> barn, but is willing to overlook it)

Well, there were a lot more of them than the good guys. But I 
actually agree about the guy Aragorn beheaded at the end (his name is 
Lurtz) - it looked very fake.