Aurelin wrote:Hehee, since I read the book after seeing FOTR, I knee he would not die. Why - because after my first viewing of the movie, I went straight into a bookshop to check if he didn't.
Donisiliel wrote:After reading about Éowyn, my mom was worried that Aragorn was falling in love with her. She was so worried that he might end up with Éowyn instead of Arwen that she looked up the entry for Aragorn in our encyclopedia of Middle-earth to see how everything turned out in the end.
Donisiliel wrote:Second, in my mind, I see Legolas as being a younger son of several of Thranduil's children. This is all personal conjecture, since Tolkien never tells us any specific details about Legolas's family. Part of my reason for believing that Legolas has older brothers is that if he were the heir to the throne, I don't know that Thranduil would have sent him off with the Fellowship. I don't think that he would have wanted to risk his eldest son and heir. That said, perhaps Thranduil would have sent the eldest son because as the sole representative of the Elves, he should be an Elf of high honour. Well, that's just my take on the matter. I know this subject has been discussed else on TORC. What opinions do the rest of you have?
You seem to be very well read about Middle-earth
One thing that I started to wonder after I heard about the whole head-butting stuff - could it not be that at least one of the bumps we see on Legolas could be the one Sala gave him?
I've noticed that after the fight with the Uruk-Hai at Amon Hen and during the battle of Helm's Deep, Legolas has some dirt smudged on his face, but I've never noticed that he actually has any bumps.
I always wondered what happened to all the Elves in Helm's Deep since we see none but Legolas charge out in the morning. But the book Art and Warfare of LOTR that is great in explaining things movie-wise, it says they all died. I can understand that they had to get rid of all them again but I find it very hard to believe that none of them lived through it.
It makes me sad to think of their bodies lying mingled with those of the dead orcs
Donisiliel wrote:I wish that the movie would have shown some sort of burial for the fallen Elves at Helm's Deep. It makes me sad to think of their bodies lying mingled with those of the dead orcs.They especially should have shown some sort of honor to Haldir. PJ takes a wonderful character from the books who by right should be living a happy life in Valinor now and kills him without giving him a proper mourning! I'm sure that at least Legolas and Aragorn would have mourned him; I wish we could have seen them pay their respects to Haldir and his fallen companions.
~Doni
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