I definitely agree. The Arwen-Elrond closure definitely could have been improved. From the Books, I received the impression that Elrond's grief transcended mere tears. He had lost his twin brother, his wife, and now his only daughter. His grief was something deep-seated, that he desperately tried to cover up for the sake of all Middle-earth. There was a deep bitterness in his eyes, that showed laid his grief bare, for those who knew to look into them. I did NOT get that from the movie. In the movie, they had Elrond sniffling, with rather ordinary tears. Hugo Weaving, with his enormous potential (no sarcasm there!), could have done SO much better, if he had been given the opportunity.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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