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Lhunardawen · 05-04-2004, 10:50 PM

Cate Blanchett did a good job of being Galadriel in the movie, but for me it was only as far as LotR. I mean, I didn't see the Galadriel I have read in the Sil...she was only Galadriel in LotR, nothing more.

The movies helped me picture the geography of Middle-Earth, since those things I had difficulty imagining while reading the books. However, I tend to look back on the characters' past (quite unconciously) while reading the books, and for me that adds more to my wonder. The characters I see in the silverscreen seem to be bound by what the movie says of them.

05-04-2004, 10:50 PM	#24
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Cate Blanchett did a good job of being Galadriel in the movie, but for me it was only as far as LotR. I mean, I didn't see the Galadriel I have read in the Sil...she was only Galadriel in LotR, nothing more. The movies helped me picture the geography of Middle-Earth, since those things I had difficulty imagining while reading the books. However, I tend to look back on the characters' past (quite unconciously) while reading the books, and for me that adds more to my wonder. The characters I see in the silverscreen seem to be bound by what the movie says of them.