Movie eucatastrophe: tears of joy

[Gayalondiel]

I found, in both book and Film, Gandalf's fall into shadow was a real moment of joy and sorrow for me. Even more so in hindsight (I guess I never got first sight with the film). The joy came from "He's saving them all. Its the ultimate sacrifice,(even though) I know he'll come back." The sorrow was from "Oh my god, Gandalf's dead". This was compounded with Sir Ian McKellon's wonderful acting, which I found immensley moving in that scene.<BR>Another similar moment that got me from the film only was Boromir's death. I didn't like Boromir very much in the book, so I wasn't too sorry to see him go. But the film gave more goodness to him: he also makes the ultimate sacrifice (joy and sorrow). He fails (sorrow) but in accepting Aragorn as king he succeeds (joy). Its not that simple, but i couldn't put into words quite what I'm trying to say.