Saw EE at CW's house

[prog]

Dumb thing: The SKULLVALANCHE, which looked like the Fellowship was being attacked by a Hot Wheels playset. Gimli doing a stupid little dance beforehand didn't help either.

Nice thing: Gandalf telling Pippin about the White Tree, and the resulting availability of obvious-but-pretty symbolism. Relatedly, the defaced-but-recrowned king statue, one detail of the books that I actually managed to miss in the films. (I didn't even know that the scene was filmed; a treat.)

Discussion with colorwheel about how the Rohirrim were more interesting and emotionally arresting than the Gondorians. But really, as a people, the Rohirrim receive a lot of characterization, and the Gondorians are depicted only as interchangable ranks of nervous-looking tin-can guys who get mowed down every time they show up, or as panicking crowds of women and children.

Comments

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

another important distinction which you may not have picked up on:

the rohirrim are depicted as super hot. the gondorians as less so.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. The best they could do in that department was Boromir, who was handsome in a roguish ren-faire sort of way, but the R's were the Johnny Damon People.

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

fundamental difference:

johnny damon needs a haircut. the rohirrim do not.