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ainur · 12-10-2003, 12:27 PM

You're right, the screenwriters strayed too far from Tolkien's words for there to be any really powerful lines, but there were a few. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> It's me, Mr. Frodo. Don't you know me? Don't you know your Sam? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That one got me. Also Sam's whole speech about stories at the end was pretty good. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Then I will die as one of them! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>from Aragorn at Helms Deep wasn't too bad though it would never have come up in the book. Legolas would never have been despairing enough to prompt it. I also liked Theoden's "Where is the horse and the rider" poem. I wanted more of it.

12-10-2003, 12:27 PM	#2
ainur Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 72	You're right, the screenwriters strayed too far from Tolkien's words for there to be any really powerful lines, but there were a few.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> It's me, Mr. Frodo. Don't you know me? Don't you know your Sam? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That one got me. <P>Also Sam's whole speech about stories at the end was pretty good. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Then I will die as one of them! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>from Aragorn at Helms Deep wasn't too bad though it would never have come up in the book. Legolas would never have been despairing enough to prompt it. I also liked Theoden's "Where is the horse and the rider" poem. I wanted more of it. __________________ Yet all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.