[Nalyia]

I'm hearing a lot of good points in this, and I agree with a lot of them. THe one that makes the most sense however, is that they tied her fate to the ring to make it more dramatic. That really was, I think, the entire reason behind putting Arwen in all three films. Liv did a wonderful job in all the movies I thought. One of the things that kind of irked me about the books is that they did not put what kind of struggle Arwen went through to keep to her promise to Aragorn. The movies have done that,I think, to perfection. Arwen is the very essence of human love and devotion. The struggle she goes through, the choices she has to make, everything that affects her also affects him. Its beautiful. When I first read the books, I didn't really understand them, but when I went back and reread them, I completely fell in love with them because every character in that book represents humanity in some way. Whether they are elven, Dwarven, human or otherwise, they all react with human emotion. For example, Elrond wants to send Arwen to the undying lands. He wants to protect her. Father figure/caring. Yet, Arwen wants to stay with Aragorn-devotion. And I'm getting off topic right now, so I'm going to stop, but may I just say that I have never cried in a movie, or at any point in my life, save when I got really angry this one time(that I remember) But when I saw that sceen with Eldarion and Aragorn, and the six times after, I cried everytime. It is beautiful, and it tears you up inside, which is what I think Pj was trying to do.<P>Nemarie'