Regarding reactions.. I was really just talking about the movies. I did read the books.. I think maybe it came across that I didn't? I don't necessarily remember the specifics of how every character reacted in every situation, but I wasn't really concerned with that, either.. I just thought the movie characters behaved peculiarly, and if you hadn't read the books, it would have been much less apparent what was going on and why.
I did think Gandalf knew about the palantirs in the book, though, but like I said.. it's been a while, and it's quite likely that I'm just seeing the movie scene where Saruman is looking into it on that one... but like I said, I was just thinking of the actual movie on this one, so the movie's interpretation of it, and the subsequent odd reaction, didn't make much sense to me--Gandalf should have been quite happy to have found it instead of letting it be found by someone else.
About the ring.. yeah, I remember that part very well, that it takes over the bearer's mind. The part I had a problem with was that Sam was trying to reach him the ring when he freaked out, so instead of just taking it immediately, which is what I sure would have done if the object of my obsession was dangling in front of me, he made a big deal about it and THEN finally took the ring after these drama-filled tense moments.
Anyway. Thanks for the responses! This has been interesting, especially since I.. well, I have opinions that I might write about sometime soon but are too long to go into right now. ;) And thanks for the link.. I'll check there. I was planning on looking some of them up (the Entwives, mainly) if I didn't get any answers but I hadn't yet gotten started on it.
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Date: 2004-11-22 07:18 am (UTC)I did think Gandalf knew about the palantirs in the book, though, but like I said.. it's been a while, and it's quite likely that I'm just seeing the movie scene where Saruman is looking into it on that one... but like I said, I was just thinking of the actual movie on this one, so the movie's interpretation of it, and the subsequent odd reaction, didn't make much sense to me--Gandalf should have been quite happy to have found it instead of letting it be found by someone else.
About the ring.. yeah, I remember that part very well, that it takes over the bearer's mind. The part I had a problem with was that Sam was trying to reach him the ring when he freaked out, so instead of just taking it immediately, which is what I sure would have done if the object of my obsession was dangling in front of me, he made a big deal about it and THEN finally took the ring after these drama-filled tense moments.
Anyway. Thanks for the responses! This has been interesting, especially since I.. well, I have opinions that I might write about sometime soon but are too long to go into right now. ;) And thanks for the link.. I'll check there. I was planning on looking some of them up (the Entwives, mainly) if I didn't get any answers but I hadn't yet gotten started on it.