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[GhostBear]

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Originally posted by GhostBear:
[quote]Originally posted by dmm:
I actually like what they did with Arwen, even though it strayed from the books. Gave her more of an active role than Tolkien did, and yet kept it as something that Tolkien would have been able to swallow. (As opposed to making her Xena Warrior Princess, or Lara Croft, or similar idiocy.)

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My bad, I've been lurking for a long time and this is one of my first Posts, anyway...

I thought what they did with Arwen was ok, it didn't cause me any heartache (and I've read the trilogy about a dozen times). However, the question becomes what about Eowyn? Do they slip Arwen into that role too? I think that would be a shame.

All in all, I only had problems with a few places where the story veered from the books. Mostly with the way they handled the breaking of the fellowship and Boromir in general.

I thought the Orcs were very effective. Its not readily apparent in the books that they were originally elves that were "mutated", though it is mentioned (in the Silmarillion I think). The Uruk Hai were also very good, they definately came across as a "bigger and badder" type of orc.

GB