Lord of the Rings readathon

[jo]

[Adam Linton]

[A#minor]

[jo]

[A#minor]

[Jimbo]

[Sven]

[A#minor]

[Stanley Anderson]

[Theo]

[jo]

Welcome Jimbo! Even if you are a film detractor ;) (Stan must think all his Christmases have come at once!).

I am with Faramir at the, erm, whatchamacallit behind the waterfall now. Again, this is one of my favourite parts of the books that was messed up in the films. I like the sudden contrast between the gates of Mordor and Ithilien .. to go from what seems total hopelessness to a fair land where green things still grow and men eat and drink and ... well, certainly not make merry I guess but it has a homelike feel to it.

[jo]

Yeah the Mouth of Sauron scene was badly done too .. what was all that loping his head off about?! I am sure that that would simply not have been done .. it breaks all known codes of chivalry and wartime conduct etc etc.

[A#minor]

[Monica]

[Jimbo]

First, thanks for all the warm welcomes. Glad to be here!

Jo, you are just flying through your reading! A true readathon, they shall write songs of this...

Speaking of songs, it made me chuckle to read Gimli's response to Aragorn's and Legolas' tributes to Boromir. (And by the by, I am reading these songs for the first time - I used to skim them - and they are amazing.) Gimli's response: "You left the East Wind to me, but I will say naught of it." Do you think that Gimli just isn't a singer/songwriter and that this was his way out of it?

As for the readathon, I'm with Gandalf and the boys as they are about to enter Meduseld. I'm going at a snail's pace here but I only have about a half an hour of reading before I fade into unconciousness. What a great way to fall asleep though.

But to jump ahead where you all are, what did you think of Faramir in the movies? I mean aside from the obvious detour to Osgiliath travesty.