Elrond in PJ's LotR

[Galadriel55]

I think their appearance was fine, but their personalities were butchered.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

When I think of the description of Elrond in The Hobbit:

He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer.

I imagine someone very different from the way Hugo Weaving looked and the role Jackson gave him. In the movie, he comes across as grouchy, not kind - the perpetual scowl does not endear him to me. Fortunately, since the difference between BookElrond and MovieElrond is so great, I can keep him separate in my mind's eye.

It's different with MovieGandalf - he really does look like the book description, but unfortunately, at times his role is changed, so that I remind myself that he was actually too great to cringe before the Witch King and would not use physical violence.

I re-read the books more often than I re-watch the movies, so I can hang on to Tolkien's own depiction of characters rather than having PJ's versions take over my imagination.