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The fact that Arwen's fate was "tied" to the ring, is a sickly thought. It is true however, that everyone's fate is tied to the ring, but you don't have people falling deadly sick because of it. Now, you have Arwen who's "immortality" is beginning to fade but Elrond riding to Dunharrow made it seem like a "race against time" sort of thing.
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I didn't have a problem with Arwen's fate being tied to the Ring, and the race against time was palpable in ROTK, if for other reasons than Arwen's fate alone. I simply took Arwen's affect to be an effect of a "transition" from Elf-kind to mortal kind. It was simply made more pronounced in the movie, where it was an understood choice in the books. No description of the immediate effects of the choice were delineated that I can recall, so they did have the license to play about with it as an expressed concept.
I have much more of a problem with Arwen at Helm's Deep, and I'm VERY glad it did not make it into the final product. And, Glorfindel aside, I had more of a problem with Arwen's inclusion and actions as "warrior princess" usurping all of Frodo's power in the defiance of the Nazgul at the Ford! But I know that is an expected argument from one of the resident Frodophiles of the board!
Cheers!
Lyta