'Serenity'
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Not hearing criticism of the One True Movie(set). * I despise Liv Tyler, but thought she did well as Arwen (who is an absolute non-entity in the book), and Eowyn was...Eowyn.
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I'm unreasonable in All Things Tolkien. I make no apologies, I usually just retire, muttering, while everyone else looks at me with the fond "he's a daft one, he is" smiles.
(*unless it's my criticism, of course. My egotism is consistent at least.)
I liked movie Eowyn better than book Eowyn. At least, I do now. If I'd seen the movie at the same headstate as when I first read the books, I'm sure it'd have been the other way round.
This Eowyn, barring strange soup scenes, seemed healthier and stronger, but still broken enough to need healing. Book Eowyn now looks brittle and offputtingly death-seeking to me now.
Oh, god. I could barely have hated movie!Arwen more. She's supposed to be an immortal, not a petulant teen trying to convince her dad to change curfew.
And yet? Still better than movie Eowyn for me. She made me cringe. Arwen won me over riding hellbound for leather with Frodo, and then when she called the river-o-horsies down on the wraiths, and got Frodo to Rivendell.
Some people might say, "She had me at hello," but why use so few words?
I know not of Book Anyone (Except Firefly, and that's altogether different). I only know Movie Eowyn and Sean-Mooning-Over-Her Eowyn.
I'm unreasonable in All Things Tolkien. I make no apologies, I usually just retire, muttering, while everyone else looks at me with the fond "he's a daft one, he is" smiles.
Some of you may remember me mentioning my friend who can swear in Elvish, and has the inscription from The Ring as a tattoo? Why yes, I was referring to the StuntHusband.
When Eowyn felled the Oliphaunt, or grabbed up Merry, or snapped at Eomer for mocking him, I got all nice and shivery inside. When she pined at Aragorn I yelled at him to stop being such a fucking clit-tease.
Arwen made me cry and yell too, but in very different ways. I don't blame Aragorn for kissing Brego.
Some of you may remember me mentioning my friend who can swear in Elvish, and has the inscription from The Ring as a tattoo? Why yes, I was referring to the StuntHusband.
Too bad Sean's not gay.
C Billy Idol, M David Bowie, F Eddie Van Halen
C Matthew Fox, F Kiefer Sutherland, M Michael Vartan
M Ewan McGregor, C Jude Law, F Orlando Bloom
M Gina Torres, F Miranda Otto, C Stephanie Romanov
In that case StuntHusband, you've been to our thread, yes? DXMachina "LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'"." Dec 17, 2003 4:08:06 am PST
We had threads for the other two movies, too. They must live beyond the sea in the archives, now.
Book Eowyn now looks brittle and offputtingly death-seeking to me now.
I prefer her brittle and death-seeking to merely heartsick. Mostly I wanted her less friggin' girly, which was also Arwen's problem. 3000 year-olds shouldn't giggle like that.
(who is an absolute non-entity in the book)
Not in the appendices...