Noma Galway
Archmage
I believe I raised that point in a different Tolkien purist debate. But since it was so similar to the glow on Arwen and Elrond, I think it was meant to be the magic.
I believe I raised that point in a different Tolkien purist debate. But since it was so similar to the glow on Arwen and Elrond, I think it was meant to be the magic.
I think the glow was supposed to be what Kili saw as he was halfway to the Shadow-world, just as Frodo saw Arwen that way. The arrow that hit Kili was explicitly called a "Morgul-shaft", which would imply it is similar to the Morgul blade that stabbed Frodo (which would have turned Frodo into a wraith, as said by Aragorn). Which makes me even more irritated that Tauriel was able to deal with it, since I and others have said that she shouldn't be able to.
Then it's inconsistent. I get that you're probably right, but Jackson needs to stay as consistent as he can when messing with Middle Earth. If you have the light and show that it is the healing light, you can't just make it a hallucination too.
But it's only said that Kili will die. Nothing is said about him becoming a wraith. Morgul-shaft only means the arrow came from Minas Morgul, not that it carries the full power of its lord. Perhaps Morgul weapons all have an inherent toxicity, but only the Witch-King possesses the power to take full advantage of that?
I watched it the other day, awesome film. It kept me hooked! Not my girlfriend though, she's bored of the films now. She thinks they're dragging it out too much and it could have all been done in one three hour film. I'm not sure if I agree with her.
It could maybe have been done in 2 films, but not one. If they'd done it all in one it would have felt rushed I think.
Not if they stuck to the actual plot of The Hobbit instead of adding in brand new things, or details from the appendices and other sources that wound up screwing with the canon timeline.
I didn't really like the movie. The part with Smaug chasing thes dwarfs in the mountain was stupied and its was far, far to much actions and basically the same event over, and over, and over, and over, and over and over again; they get into a bad spot but are saved at the least minute.
And there's more things to complain about it but I'll stop before I start ranting.
But I LIKE the things they added from the appendices. Fills in a lot of the gaps and better connects The Hobbit to Lord of the Rings.
I see the movies as more of a fanfic than a straight attempt at adapting the books, be it The Hobbit or LOTR.
I didn't expect this movie to be just like the books, I mean, LOTR wasn't, the first Hobbit wasn't, and this wasn't. That's fine, film is a different medium.