Agent Smith & Magneto

[Elvanui]

I laughed through all the scenes with count dooku. I really didn't like that movie so finding something humorous and LOTR related was great. I expected dooku to start giving the "New power is rising" speech b/c the lines and character were soooo similar. Anyway, I always get a laugh out of Elrond,at least in FOTR, not b/c Hugo played Agent Smith(although I think he is a delightful villian)but b/c I think the look he gives Sam and Merry and Pippen when he finds out that they have been listening in on the council priceless. He looks like he's thinking "what, is there a nazgul in the bushes that my elf senses ave failed to notice?!" The fact that he lets the hobbits go on the quest (and the near amused reaction he has to sam's appearance) shows that he is not completely serious and dour all the time. I think hugo did a good job with a character who is SUPPOSED to be serious and somewhat wistful that his people are passing into myth.