This is way worse. I can't figure out what it means, how it's happening, or what it possibly was supposed to add.
At first, I thought it was supposed to put more pressure on Aragorn to fight against Sauron and fulfil his destiny. Which seemed pointless to me - isn't saving Middle-Earth from its doom a good enough reason already?
But later I realised that it's not Aragorn who's being pressured by Arwen's imminent demise - it's *Elrond*. Movie!Elrond has been Mr "We're All Doomed" from the start (just like Movie!Theoden and Movie!Denethor, incidentally). It's the prospect of his beloved daughter dying if the One Ring is not destroyed that finally motivates him into helping Aragorn. So I can see how it's meant to fit in with the movie's internal logic.
Though it still doesn't explain WTF Arwen has to do with the ring. But anyway.
I suspect Phillipa Boyens, as I think she was the one who made that Aragorn/Boromir comment.
Ooh, what Aragorn/Boromir comment?
I quite like the Aragorn/Legolas, myself, but mostly because it *doesn't* interfere with Legolas/Gimli, for me at least.
I'll admit it's fun to watch (especially the reunion scene in The Two Towers when Legolas gives Aragorn the necklace back, and you can see Eowyn looking on wistfully, probably thinking to herself, "Damn, why are all the hot ones gay?"). I mainly mourn for the legions of movie fangirls who have no understanding or appreciation of Legolas/Gimli at all.
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Re: RotK Part 2
Date: 2004-01-07 09:56 am (UTC)At first, I thought it was supposed to put more pressure on Aragorn to fight against Sauron and fulfil his destiny. Which seemed pointless to me - isn't saving Middle-Earth from its doom a good enough reason already?
But later I realised that it's not Aragorn who's being pressured by Arwen's imminent demise - it's *Elrond*. Movie!Elrond has been Mr "We're All Doomed" from the start (just like Movie!Theoden and Movie!Denethor, incidentally). It's the prospect of his beloved daughter dying if the One Ring is not destroyed that finally motivates him into helping Aragorn. So I can see how it's meant to fit in with the movie's internal logic.
Though it still doesn't explain WTF Arwen has to do with the ring. But anyway.
I suspect Phillipa Boyens, as I think she was the one who made that Aragorn/Boromir comment.
Ooh, what Aragorn/Boromir comment?
I quite like the Aragorn/Legolas, myself, but mostly because it *doesn't* interfere with Legolas/Gimli, for me at least.
I'll admit it's fun to watch (especially the reunion scene in The Two Towers when Legolas gives Aragorn the necklace back, and you can see Eowyn looking on wistfully, probably thinking to herself, "Damn, why are all the hot ones gay?"). I mainly mourn for the legions of movie fangirls who have no understanding or appreciation of Legolas/Gimli at all.