No crying in the rain - where's Disney?

[Lalwendë]

I was going through the films in my mind a couple of days ago and came to think about the sad and dramatic scenes in LotR and how they were done. Now, if Disney had shooted the films, wether they were animated or not, there would be this certain cheesy style to do every battle and death scenes and such. Lots of rain, crying and what's even better - crying in the rain.

I wouldn't object to use of weather, atmospheric conditions and so on if they fit the scenes as they are shown in the books, and as such, the films did not meddle too much with that. In general, weather does add a good sense of mood to a film, and H-I gives a perfect example of this. But I would have objected most strongly to too much in the way of histrionics. Thankfully, I found that the films retained the gravitas of the books, i.e. deaths were portrayed nobly. the Grey Havens scene was a little over-egged for my liking, but I know most would disagree with me, and I can allow for a little emotion at the end of all things.