Actually, I didn't mind the omission of Tom Bombadil or the replacement of Glorfindel with Arwen; she needed to be established somehow for those who didn't know the books in advance.
What I really hated was the majority of the casting (Frodo, Aragorn, Faramir, Éowyn, Elrond, Arwen, Háma, etc)the character rape in many occasions (again, Aragorn, Frodo, Faramir, Denethor, Gandalf as soon as he became the White), the idiotic "Arwen's fate is bound to the Ring" subplot and how Gimli and Denethor were handled. And the stupid exorcist scene in Meduseld. Gah!
But the landscape was gorgeous, some of the sets (Edoras and the Hornburg above all) absolutely stunning, and I liked Bilbo, too. If only the Elves didn't look like cloned Barbie dolls and the Orcs as leprosy patients...
I know what you mean with the book addiction. I'm facing the problem of outgrowing my room every third year or so, and the TBR pile is growing and growing and growing.. *g*
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Date: 2007-08-26 11:27 am (UTC)What I really hated was the majority of the casting (Frodo, Aragorn, Faramir, Éowyn, Elrond, Arwen, Háma, etc)the character rape in many occasions (again, Aragorn, Frodo, Faramir, Denethor, Gandalf as soon as he became the White), the idiotic "Arwen's fate is bound to the Ring" subplot and how Gimli and Denethor were handled. And the stupid exorcist scene in Meduseld. Gah!
But the landscape was gorgeous, some of the sets (Edoras and the Hornburg above all) absolutely stunning, and I liked Bilbo, too. If only the Elves didn't look like cloned Barbie dolls and the Orcs as leprosy patients...
I know what you mean with the book addiction. I'm facing the problem of outgrowing my room every third year or so, and the TBR pile is growing and growing and growing.. *g*