The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[Lil'freeper]

You've got me thinking about Ents and the purposes of PJ's changes. Most of his changes seem to be intended to develop the screen characters and to minimize the number of temporary characters. Now, the Ents were minimized in TTT so why was it necessary to develop them by having the hobbits teach them? Ents are possibly the oldest creatures in ME and certainly some of the wisest- especially Treebeard. So why not have the Ents (who are temporary characters) teach the Hobbits (major characters) a thing or two about courage and deliberation and waging war? Then the Hobbits can dramatically recall Treebeards words as they each go into battle and draw strength from them. Even when they return to the Shire, if that is shown, they can carry with them the lessons learned from the great Ents: not being hasty, being reluctant to go to war but once roused wage it ruthlessly, etc.

The "old people can learn a thing or two from chilrun" thing is very Hollywood.

That being said, the Ents were darn fun to watch.

[NewCenturions]

"Everything was fine until they reached Fangorn... then I don't know what book PJ was makin' a movie about."

LOL! That's almost exactly what my brother said! (he is even more a book purist than I).

[g'nad]

Erkenbrand is a minor character, but with Eomer at Helm's Deep, his character could have developed more...

the love triangle exists, but way too much time is given to it...

as far as the Ents not knowing the full extent of Saruman's incursion, I'm not buyin' it... do you really think not one Ent went to investigate the smoke rising from Isengard... where there's smoke there's fire, and that means burning trees in ME...

I will see it again... hope my opinion changes...

[ksen]

Everybody check out this thread. AdA$tra is in great need of prayer right now.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Eomer If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Eomer, Man of Rohan, heir to the throne, nephew of Theoden and brother of Eowyn. In the movie, I am played by Karl Urban. Who would you be? Zovakware Lord of the Rings Test with Perseus Web Survey Software

Not too bad, if I do say so!

[2Jedismom]

Mrs. don-o has some hearing loss. She knows the stories well, but mentioned only being able to catch about 1/3 of the dialog

I did a little research and found that some cinemas carry "assistive listening devices" like headphones and I would love to try one sometime. I missed quite a bit, but Steve is so use to the expression I give when I miss something that he just leaned forward and muttered the words in my ear whenever he saw me looking puzzled.

[Corin Stormhands]

Maybe that's why Corin isn't here yet. He probably got Elrond as his answer and is in mourning. :)

*AHEM* I see you've been talking about me, but looky here:

Gandalf the Grey If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Gandalf, Wizard, a guardian against the Dark Lord. In the movie, I am played by Ian McKellen. Who would you be? Zovakware Lord of the Rings Test with Perseus Web Survey Software

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So. There. Take that you smirky little elves. Told ya that's who I'd be all along, didn't I? Told ya the dwarf thing was a cover, didn't I? But we didn't want to brag, so we'll continue as Corin Stormhands Dwarf Extraordinaire.

Quite busy here folks. No time to even catch up on posts, just checking email and bank balance (yikes!). Off to buy a few last minute itemses. I'll be back around the end of the week.

Merry Christmas to All!

[2Jedismom]

LOL! I can see it all now

Ha ha! I laughed so hard reading this! Funny thing is, i did sit in the theater with my hand cupped to my good ear...it really does make things sound clearer!

[Overtaxed]

Good Morning!

Hope you're sipping your extra-large mug of coffee slowly this morning!

[HairOfTheDog]

You mean the book? - There is an e-copy of the LoTR in our Yahoo Hobbit Hole! In the files section.

Good morning everyone and Merry Christmas!

[HairOfTheDog]

Merry Christmas to you too Corin!

[2Jedismom]

LOL Yep...I have it half way done. I have to finish baking cookies for my neighbor gifts this morning, so I won't be here very long anyway.

Good morning everyone!

[Lil'freeper]

LOL, Merry Christmas!

... How many times did you take the test to come up with a non-elf character? ;)

[Overtaxed]

I need to find a dark chocolate cake recipe for the latest experiment in the coconut cake project. :)

Did you get much snow in Tulsa?

[2Jedismom]

What a gorgeous snowy day we're having! It snowed incredibly yesterday, while we were out shopping...took us 2 hours to get home (5 miles). Then it snowed all night, lightly. Very pretty!

[2Jedismom]

Yep! See above!

[Overtaxed]

It didn't snow in Stilwell, did it?

[2Jedismom]

Who's that Hole dweller in kansas?? He's nick is eluding me right now!

[Overtaxed]

osagebowman

[2Jedismom]

A chance of flurries...I think it's too far south...

http://www.wunderground.com/US/KS/Stilwell.html

Stilwell OK did get snow!