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Orual · 12-27-2002, 09:12 PM

Maril, I agree about Sam's speech being a little OOC, but I thought it was beautiful--the one part of the movie that made me cry. I think that it was a powerful point in the movie for those of us who aren't really into violent action scenes--Helm's Deep was the true high point, the centerpiece so to speak, but Sam's speech was Helm's Deep for the rest of us. You are right about Arwen--I guess that I didn't think of people forgetting about her. (I wish I could, but that's beside the point.) But I wish that they had done it a little less--we didn't really need all of the Rivendell scenes. It wasn't bad, but it could've been saved for the Extended Version. Somebody suggested having Aragorn at Helm's Deep think about Arwen--very good. 1) It's a respite from all the orc-killing. 2) It's Arwen, but less of her. Everybody's happy. It's all good. Why didn't Peter Jackson think of that?<P>As for Osgiliath, <I>I</I> was thinking "where are we?" I looked it up and it was, indeed, a ruin long before the Quest, so why did it matter if it was under attack? And why would Sauron bother to attack a ruin? Oh well, maybe Peter Jackson didn't read the timeline very well...<P>~*~Orual~*~

12-27-2002, 09:12 PM	#11
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	Maril, I agree about Sam's speech being a little OOC, but I thought it was beautiful--the one part of the movie that made me cry. I think that it was a powerful point in the movie for those of us who aren't really into violent action scenes--Helm's Deep was the true high point, the centerpiece so to speak, but Sam's speech was Helm's Deep for the rest of us. You are right about Arwen--I guess that I didn't think of people forgetting about her. (I wish I could, but that's beside the point.) But I wish that they had done it a little less--we didn't really need all of the Rivendell scenes. It wasn't bad, but it could've been saved for the Extended Version. Somebody suggested having Aragorn at Helm's Deep think about Arwen--very good. 1) It's a respite from all the orc-killing. 2) It's Arwen, but less of her. Everybody's happy. It's all good. Why didn't Peter Jackson think of that?<P>As for Osgiliath, <I>I</I> was thinking "where are we?" I looked it up and it was, indeed, a ruin long before the Quest, so why did it matter if it was under attack? And why would Sauron bother to attack a ruin? Oh well, maybe Peter Jackson didn't read the timeline very well...<P>~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"