tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488907836081418565.post6758155669962721600..comments2023-05-28T09:03:40.425-06:00Comments on Confessions of a Book Habitué: The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR TolkienBritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571318111686751924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488907836081418565.post-9516192957817789222011-01-25T18:57:57.929-07:002011-01-25T18:57:57.929-07:00Blogger at my comment! Blah.
I could see that he...Blogger at my comment! Blah.<br /><br />I could see that helping, but I'm not sure I could bring myself to read it aloud to my kids!<br /><br />I do think putting Arwen in Glorfindel's role and then expanding it was weird, but I see them wanting/needing to give her a bigger role.<br />(Let's face it, writing women was NOT Tolkien's strong point.)Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571318111686751924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488907836081418565.post-44923026119185635762011-01-25T18:29:37.340-07:002011-01-25T18:29:37.340-07:00I'm enjoying your personal take on books. I th...I'm enjoying your personal take on books. I think it REALLY helped that my mom read these aloud to me the first time. (I was nine, I think.) Of course, the first 100 or so pages were very boring, and I remember asking my mom if it would get better, and it did.<br />While I love the movies, there are so many places that I think they slaughtered the story and/or characters. I'm with you on Hugo Weaving not capturing Elrond; and I hate the way they had Arwen (who plays no major role in the books) rescue Frodo. I think it seriously took away his strength of character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com