Excuse me, but exactly where in the book does Glorfindel save Frodo? As I remember that scene he puts Frodo on his horse and send him galloping off alone to the fords of Bruinen, where Frodo defies the Nazgul, (as Arwen does in the movie) and is saved by the flooding of the Bruinen, sent by Elrond and Gandalf, (also as in the movie).<P> All I know is I *like* Movie Arwen and I've detested Book Arwen for years - what a wuss! Not least because she appears out of nowhere, after one brief mention in FotR, *after* all the fighting's over and gets Aragorn. It scarcely seems fair.<P> Clearly that would *not* do in a movie. The audience had to see something of Arwen and get some indication of why our hero is in love with her, (one of the abiding mysteries of the Book-verse). Now if they'd continued with the 'Arwen Warrior Princess' concept I would have been disturbed, but IMO Jackson has done a good job of building up Arwen and creating some sympathy and interest in her without leting her muck in where she doesn't belong, (the Fellowship and battles).
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