Inspired by Andrea's "Gratuitous Hobbit Post", I decided it was high time for a Lord of the Rings post! After all, I haven't done one since Monday! So this is my "Gratuitous Elf Post".
I love Elves. I really do. And that's the one thing that the movies can't quite give me, is the Elves of my imagination. I'm not disappointed, because I never expected them to exist on film. After all, how can you portray inhumanly beautiful and fey creatures? While Hugo Weaving has an absolutely delicious voice, he comes nowhere near my teenage crush induced vision of Elrond. And Glorfindel, one of my other favorites, gets thrown in a ditch somewhere by Arwen. (Oddly enough, Celeborn, who is a huge doofus in the books, is exactly as I imagined on film!) The closest the film gets to my vision of Elves would be Galadriel -- and that's more due to Cate Blanchet's presence than in look. But she comes closest to grasping that indefinable something that exists in Elven kind.
Elves are the reason I adore "The Silmarillion". I know, it's an acquired taste, but nowhere else is there enough material to sate my passion for the Eldar race. Apparently, movie moguls are looking far and wide for Tolkien type projects with the huge success of the first two movies. I'm hoping they might pick something out of the "Silmarillion". If you get through all the creation bits, and the genealogies, there are some wonderful stories. The tale of Luthien and Beren would make a great movie. It has romance, adventure, angst, and a love that lasts through death and beyond.
One of the things about Sam I always related to was his love of Elves. He wanted to do nothing more than to go see them. And he got his wish. What was the quote, when asked what he thought of them? "They're a bit beyond my likes and dislikes," I think it was. He was probably right.
There was a quote of Tolkien's, that has stuck in my mind for more than twenty years: "The Elves have left us, and we have not mourned to see them go."
I have.
Posted by Ith at January 30, 2003 5:15 PMThat would be a good one to do for a movie. Can you imagine what Peter Jackson would do with the scary Mountains of Doriath? (After they were filled with evil spider creatures by Morgoth.) I can't wait to see Shelob. Is it December yet? ::shakes::
Posted by: Andrea Harris on January 30, 2003 9:22 PMIt would be awesome!
Nope, not December yet. I want the RotK preview now.
Why can't they be a little quicker giving us what we want?? Darn them all!
Posted by: Ith on January 31, 2003 8:29 AM