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Thingol · 02-02-2002, 11:35 PM

I thought the movie did a pretty good job with the Balrog. The whole thing seemed to be wrapped in shadow, it might have been a wee bit too big when it drew itself up though. There is alot of art work out there that does portray the Balrogs as huge, and like Kuruharan, this also bothers me. A sperate question; does it ever mention how big Sauron and Melkor were, in their incarnate forms that is? Sauron lost the ability to shapeshift into a fair form after the fall of Numenor, but was he still able to change his form into different evil personas? I didn't really like the movie portrayl of Sauron as a rather large man in a suit of dark armour. I've always pictured him more as wrapped in shadow like the Balrog and less like Melkor or the Nazgul, who were basically in the forms of men.

[ February 03, 2002: Message edited by: Thingol ]

02-02-2002, 11:35 PM	#8
Thingol Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 259	I thought the movie did a pretty good job with the Balrog. The whole thing seemed to be wrapped in shadow, it might have been a wee bit too big when it drew itself up though. There is alot of art work out there that does portray the Balrogs as huge, and like Kuruharan, this also bothers me. A sperate question; does it ever mention how big Sauron and Melkor were, in their incarnate forms that is? Sauron lost the ability to shapeshift into a fair form after the fall of Numenor, but was he still able to change his form into different evil personas? I didn't really like the movie portrayl of Sauron as a rather large man in a suit of dark armour. I've always pictured him more as wrapped in shadow like the Balrog and less like Melkor or the Nazgul, who were basically in the forms of men. [ February 03, 2002: Message edited by: Thingol ] __________________ Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.