Although I would have liked to see the character of Eomer with more screen time, Karl Urban did a wonderful job with what he had. Because the screenwriters of LOTRs had to concentrate much more on the members of the Fellowship, all the little subplots and subcharacters in the book had to be given smaller roles. I think this was probably the case with Eomer, as well as them having to change his locations and a bit of his personality to fit their storytelling. I liked Eomer's role at Helm's Deep, and I like his relationship with Eowyn as was portrayed on film. Perhaps with a lesser actor, Eomer's role would have been virtually unnoticeable, but with Karl Urban in it, he made Eomer a memorable movie character, despite the relatively little material he had to work with.
__________________
The world is a great book, of which they who never stir from home read only a page
|