One of these days... (was?: Re: Who would YOU spend a weekend with? (was: And *I* met...))

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at n...> 
wrote:
>  Geoff
> > I always said I didn't want to see a film of LOTR (especially 
after
> > the 1978 cartoon), probably because I couldn't see it being done 
by
> > real actors. I have since eaten my words. It took me some while to
> > get my head round TTT because of some extra ideas being 
introduced -
> > Aragorn going over the cliff, the elves at Helm's Deep but I 
think I
> > am now comfortable with them. The only bit which leaves me cold or
> > possibly puzzled is the face to face encounter between the Nazgul 
and
> > Frodo on the battlements of Osgiliath.... However, I eagerly await
> > 17/12/03 and the arrival of ROTK.
> >
> 
> 
> K
> 
> I loved TTT in the cinema and now I have got hold of the special 
edition dvd
> (bought it this afternoon, just finished watching it) I am just 
blown away.
> It's so much better with the extended and new scenes - it's almost a
> different book in places. I loved the new bit of the trees coming 
to Helm's
> Deep especially and the Boromir-Faramir flashbacks were wonderful. 
I rather
> thought patience was an Elvish virtue - but if it is then Legolas 
must have
> been hiding behind a door when it was handed out :) 

Geoff:
Hm. As I commentd to Kneasy in an off-group email, you need to read 
the Silmarillion. If you look at First Age Elves like Feanor or 
Maeglin as examples and they're a lot leaner and meaner than the 
Third Age lot!