Glorfindel is a girl?! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Folwren · 08-13-2007, 07:59 AM

Love does indeed carry a pivotal part in everything. The LotR is crammed pack full of love, though not the same as that between Aragorn and Arwen. However, because the movie spent so much time focusing on the love between Aragorn and Arwen, they had little or no time to show the love between other characters, such as Frodo and Sam. Occasionally, yes, you could see the devotion of Sam towards Frodo, or Frodo's thankfulness towards Sam, but often (quite often) all you could see was conflict.

And what about Eowyn and Faramir? Tolkien had more of their love story in the actual novel than that of Aragorn and Arwen? Why didn't they get more screen time?

Anyway, off topic...

I would say that Glorfindel should have been in the movie. Arwen simply didn't belong out there. Glorfindel was a fantastic character, brief or no, and it certainly wouldn't have made the movie any worse if they had had him in it.

The Council of Elrond needed work, too. Maybe Glorfindel would have been able to save that as well as Frodo....

Besides, they had to have had a better way of introducing Arwen as Aragorn's beloved other than - "What's this? A ranger caught off his guard?"

08-13-2007, 07:59 AM	#12
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Love does indeed carry a pivotal part in everything. The LotR is crammed pack full of love, though not the same as that between Aragorn and Arwen. However, because the movie spent so much time focusing on the love between Aragorn and Arwen, they had little or no time to show the love between other characters, such as Frodo and Sam. Occasionally, yes, you could see the devotion of Sam towards Frodo, or Frodo's thankfulness towards Sam, but often (quite often) all you could see was conflict. And what about Eowyn and Faramir? Tolkien had more of their love story in the actual novel than that of Aragorn and Arwen? Why didn't they get more screen time? Anyway, off topic... I would say that Glorfindel should have been in the movie. Arwen simply didn't belong out there. Glorfindel was a fantastic character, brief or no, and it certainly wouldn't have made the movie any worse if they had had him in it. The Council of Elrond needed work, too. Maybe Glorfindel would have been able to save that as well as Frodo.... Besides, they had to have had a better way of introducing Arwen as Aragorn's beloved other than - "What's this? A ranger caught off his guard?" __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis