One thing to perhaps anticipate is Liv Tyler (who really carries the role well, so to speak) actually coming to the Grey Havens but turning about. This could be very cool, and worth the distraction of what goes on in Film-TTT.<P>Of coursed, it's highly difficult to reconcile with the Books, unless one considers that she might have come close to leaving, before fully turning to Aragorn, at some point well before Third Age 3018/3019. Conceivably, she might have been able to precede her father to Elvenhome.<P>In any event, it will be interesting to see how it happens, whether Cirdan or Galadriel play a role; whether Elrond (Hugo Weaving) has a change of heart; whether her little lamp-carrying procession is somehow intercepted by baddies, and/or by good friends of Aragorn, who are a facsimile of the Grey Company; whether she just takes off for Gondor liberated Elf-women of Endor that she be; or who knows what!?<P>Mr. Jackson is on his own here, in a way that JRRT might have at least appreciated a little, seeing as he regretted not doing more with Arwen, but Mr. Jackson is playing with fire to be sure. I do hope we still get the standard that she prepared for Aragorn. I think that would be very moving on Film.<P>Also, in this same context, it would be very interesting to see if Narsil is reforged for the Film and perhaps brought to Aragorn at Elrond's behest. That might be the sort of reconcilation of Hugo Weaving's character, towards which his present ambivalence and churlishness points.
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