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Boromir88 · 01-08-2005, 01:54 PM

I only have time for a quick reply, hopefully I can get back here later, it looks like another great thread that Fordhim has started.

I see Theoden's name popping up a lot, and to add something that no one has said yet and that really got me to see a different side to Theoden....

Besides the fact that Bernard Hill does a wonderful job acting, I love the added scenes with Theoden and Eowyn. There's this deep bond between them, that I didn't really feel in the book. Theoden just basically told Eowyn what to do. I mean when Theoden rides off to Helm's Deep and has to choose an heir if he doesn't return, he even forgets about Eowyn, and has to be reminded of her. In the movie, I loved the scenes between Otto and Hill. The dialogue between them...

"No...you must do this, for me."

Eowyn: What other duty would you have me do my lord?
Theoden: Duty? No...I would have you smile again, not grieve for those who's time has come.

And then the lovely ROTK EE scene, where Eowyn is fighting ferociously next to Theoden. Theoden doesn't know it's her, and just gets that look like "who is this person?"

I think this case is more like SpM's, that it improved my experience in LOTR.

01-08-2005, 01:54 PM	#4
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	I only have time for a quick reply, hopefully I can get back here later, it looks like another great thread that Fordhim has started. I see Theoden's name popping up a lot, and to add something that no one has said yet and that really got me to see a different side to Theoden.... Besides the fact that Bernard Hill does a wonderful job acting, I love the added scenes with Theoden and Eowyn. There's this deep bond between them, that I didn't really feel in the book. Theoden just basically told Eowyn what to do. I mean when Theoden rides off to Helm's Deep and has to choose an heir if he doesn't return, he even forgets about Eowyn, and has to be reminded of her. In the movie, I loved the scenes between Otto and Hill. The dialogue between them... "No...you must do this, for me." Eowyn: What other duty would you have me do my lord? Theoden: Duty? No...I would have you smile again, not grieve for those who's time has come. And then the lovely ROTK EE scene, where Eowyn is fighting ferociously next to Theoden. Theoden doesn't know it's her, and just gets that look like "who is this person?" I think this case is more like SpM's, that it improved my experience in LOTR.