tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894793257558801.post3671522230767455938..comments2023-06-29T08:20:01.796-05:00Comments on Elenatintil: "Born of Hope" - fan-made prequel to LOTR is finally here!Elizabeth Amy Hajekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01190748325255565418noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894793257558801.post-63157834042909548422010-02-19T11:49:22.795-06:002010-02-19T11:49:22.795-06:00The way I interpreted her success in the first bat...The way I interpreted her success in the first battle was simply luck (since the orc had his back turned and was concentrating on Arathorn). I can see your point, though. Swords are probably hard enough to handle that it would be difficult for an inexperienced person to kill an enemy, even in that situation. I guess we'll just have to disagree on our takes of it!<br /><br />The writing did Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778799552439492395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894793257558801.post-52831066526963900882010-02-18T14:23:02.598-06:002010-02-18T14:23:02.598-06:00Well, I could have accepted that, except that in t...Well, I could have accepted that, except that in the very beginning of the movie her meeting with Arathorn sets her up as someone who can fight well enough with a sword to come to his aid in battle. So it was a set-up without any kind of pay-off which is not bad acting as much as bad writing and directing. Which is a pity, because a little tweaking could have made it much stronger. (I believe theElizabeth Amy Hajekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190748325255565418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894793257558801.post-13366400461801387502010-02-17T13:15:09.579-06:002010-02-17T13:15:09.579-06:00One thought on the portrayal of Gilraen: the way I...One thought on the portrayal of Gilraen: the way I interpreted her fighting (or lack thereof) was that she had not ever been trained to use a sword. The little that she had picked up was from watching others train in her village. During the film battle, when she picks up the sword and runs out, she thinks she might be capable of holding her own in a fight, and thus helping her husband and Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778799552439492395noreply@blogger.com