No, I think I know what you’re going at. Elijah is very young looking. But I always pictured him as very young at the beginning of the book. By the end of the trilogy, he’s as old as Bilbo in my mind.
To be specific it was on another planet but you had the laser blasters and I believe the villians were from a neighbouring planet.
I think it would behoove the original poster (and other FOTR naysayers) to read this account (it’s actually several accounts combined) of the 25 minutes of footage seen at Cannes. Pay special attention to their opinions of the Balrog…
Last I read, Hobbits were supposed to live in “Hobbit Holes” have furry feet, be about 3 - 4 ft. tall and kinda pudgy. It’s been a wee spot of time since my last time reading LotR, but I’m pretty sure that Hobbitsees are specifically said to enjoy around six meals a day and lounge around alot in comfort. Elijah Woods is at least 5 ft. tall, thin, and VERY young looking. I also recall that Frodo was around 50 yrs old at the beginning of FotR.
Well, the director is using special effects to make certain characters appear shorter than the actors who portray them, specifically Hobbits and Dwarves. In the trailer, Frodo looks about 4 feet tall, as far as I can tell. The description of Frodo that Gandalf gives to Barliman Butterbur is that he’s “taller than some, and fairer than most (other Hobbits)”. And it is specifically stated that before the Quest for Mount Doom, Frodo still had the look of a Hobbit in his thirties. Since Hobbits live about 100 years on average, that would equate to a 35 year old human, who looks like someone in his twenties. Frodo’s youthful appearance may be due to genetics, but more likely it’s the effect of the Ring, even though he rarely used it.
I first read LOTR in high school almost 30 years ago. I think it is the greatest book ever written.
I have tried as much as possible to avoid the information the film’s producer’s have so skillfully leaked.
I would like to go to the cinema with as few pre-conceived notions of the movie as possible.
I would venture to guess FOTR will either be a mega-hit on the order of the original Star Wars or be so dreadfully awful that TTT & ROTK will go straight to video.
I guess I will go see it, probably against my better judgment, since I beleive LOTR is best viewed by one’s own imagination.
Hey, if it’s good we’ll all love it and obsess over it, and if it’s bad then we can all rant against it and extol it’s faults and failures! Either way, it’ll be way fun.
Speaking of which - in the trailer she seems to have more lines than I remember her having in the entire three books… what’s the deal?
Peter Jackson has said (well, I dont have a quote) that he wants to have to beef up the females in LOTR a LITTLE. One reason is to make Aragoens love interest, well, more interesting.
There wwere all sorts of rumors such as Arwen joining the fellowship (false), Arwen fighting at Helms Deep (probably false), etc.
PJ claims that 99% of what Arwen does is covered by the appendixes.
It is obvious that Arwen replaces (small posibility that she suppliments) Glorifindel’s role at the Ford of Bruinen
I dont know what else she does.
Brian
Okay, I hate you all. This is all your fault. I had a dream last night that I saw the movie. But, as oftentimes happens in La La Land, the story got a little twisted.
Aragon was being played by Freddie Prinze, Jr. :eek:
Ron Weasley (from Harry Potter) made an appearance.
It was all very weird and surreal. I now have to go scrub my brain of this memory before I can get back to work.
Frodo was 33 at the beginning of Fellowship…. Bilbo had just turned 111. Bilbo makes a point of saying how their ages added together equal 144 (one gross) and the number of guests at the party was chosen to match that age.
This was actually filmed, but left on the cutting room floor (confirmed by PJ himself). Arwen was never going to join the Fellowship.
It also appears that they’re incorporating some of their backstory (it’s in the appendix as “The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen”) into the story proper, largely in flashback, I think. AFAIC this is a good thing, as Arwen really is an underdeveloped character, and moviegoers don’t have access to an appendix.
As for Elijah Wood/Frodo’s apparent youth in the movie – I’ve heard that the film omits most of the seventeen-year gap between Frodo’s acquisition of the Ring and the beginning of the quest (which, among other things, makes Gandalf look like less of a doof ;)). Since thirty-three is the official coming-of-age for hobbits, and the Ring has a certain preservative effect, having a young-looking Frodo in the movie doesn’t do any serious damage to the character IMHO.
(Oh, and I think he looks great in the role… :D)
Damn straight.
I really have never put much faith in the fanboy reviews at ain’t-it-cool news.