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<blockquote data-quote="Nissien" data-source="post: 402749" data-attributes="member: 7295">Re: Re: Wonder if I'm alone in this...Hmmm, let me see ... Boromir on the mountain, when Frodo drops the Ring. Aragorn calls him by his name. Boromir does the &quot;It is a strange fate&quot; thing that is taken from scene in the book where he tries to take the Ring from Frodo.Galadriel ... She asks Frodo, &quot;Will you look into the Mirror of Galadriel?&quot; It's not apparent that she is Galadriel until after Frodo offers her the Ring and she resists the temptation. &quot;I shall diminish, and go to the West, and remain Galadriel&quot;, or words to that effect.Celeborn isn't named at all, that I can remember.Anyway, despite loving the movie, I agree that it was probably unclear to people who don't know the books. For instance, if you've read the books, you know the route the Fellowship is taking from Lorien. In the movie, all you know is that they have boats all of a sudden. You also don't know (although this isn't really relevant) that it's the same river that Isildur dies in, and where Deagol finds the Ring. Another instance is when Aragorn attacks the Uruk-hai: he yells &quot;Elendil!&quot; That's the first mention of that great king, the founder of Aragorn's line.Having said that, I love the fact that Bilbo's adventures are hinted at, but never explained in detail. It gives you the feeling that there is much more to the world than is presented in the movie, rather than the movie being a self-contained world in which every detail has to be explained. Plus, it gives me hope that Peter Jackson might actually make a movie of The Hobbit. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nissien, post: 402749, member: 7295"] [b]Re: Re: Wonder if I'm alone in this...[/b] Hmmm, let me see ... Boromir on the mountain, when Frodo drops the Ring. Aragorn calls him by his name. Boromir does the "It is a strange fate" thing that is taken from scene in the book where he tries to take the Ring from Frodo. Galadriel ... She asks Frodo, "Will you look into the Mirror of Galadriel?" It's not apparent that she is Galadriel until after Frodo offers her the Ring and she resists the temptation. "I shall diminish, and go to the West, and remain Galadriel", or words to that effect. Celeborn isn't named at all, that I can remember. Anyway, despite loving the movie, I agree that it was probably unclear to people who don't know the books. For instance, if you've read the books, you know the route the Fellowship is taking from Lorien. In the movie, all you know is that they have boats all of a sudden. You also don't know (although this isn't really relevant) that it's the same river that Isildur dies in, and where Deagol finds the Ring. Another instance is when Aragorn attacks the Uruk-hai: he yells "Elendil!" That's the first mention of that great king, the founder of Aragorn's line. Having said that, I love the fact that Bilbo's adventures are hinted at, but never explained in detail. It gives you the feeling that there is much more to the world than is presented in the movie, rather than the movie being a self-contained world in which every detail has to be explained. Plus, it gives me hope that Peter Jackson might actually make a movie of The Hobbit. :D [/QUOTE]

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