<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>That brings up an interesting point, because when I first read the books I never felt like it was weird and spooky. Well, maybe weird (Elves you know) but not spooky. <BR>But now I'm thinking if that was an intended effect by PJ to make the viewer wonder if the Fellowship is really safe there.<BR>It's not an interpretation that I really agree with, but my whole impression of Lorien was perhaps colored by the fact that I never felt 'unsafe' there, if you follow me.<P>I guess my question now is, am I the only person who felt safe going into Lorien the first time?<BR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No, you're not... I was weirded out by the spookiness as well. It seemed to bear more similarity to <I>rumors</I> about Lorien than to Lorien itself. This bothered me a lot actually. In the book, when we see Eomer's suspicion and the way the Men generally think about it, we are sad because they are cut off from this great beauty and they always will be. We (and the Fellowship) know better. In the movie, I very much fear that we'll have no reason to disagree. Not to mention that the Gimli thing will be more or less inexplicable. <BR>I know its name is Dreamflower, but I thought it was a living dream not an otherworldly one, a golden dream and not a white one. (did the color change bother anyone else?)<BR>So I guess it's not really Galadriel I disagreed with (although I was really upset that they made her scary) but Lorien generally.<P>--Belin Ibaimendi<p>[ April 20, 2002: Message edited by: Belin ]
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