Galadriel’s Glade Pt. 4a ~ 'You offer it to me freely'.....

[mechtild]

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Note: There were so many caps for this scene I had to divide it into two parts. The first half of this post contains the introductory comments, the book scene, the film text and half the screencaps. The second half, Galadriel's Glade Pt. 4b, contains the rest of the screencaps and the poem jan-u-wine has written inspired by both sections

Comments

[anonymous]

'She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illumined her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful.'

It's a shame PJ didn't simply follow this book text, using Nenya's power to illustrate Galadriel's transformation, and let Cate Blanchett's acting do the rest. Perhaps the film-makers felt it might complicate matters by introducing another Ring of Power in the theatrical film ~ but Nenya's appearance in the EE is very brief.

'His face, as Frodo, is wonderful as he watches her, his hair streaming back like a figurehead's on the prow of ship heading into a gale....'

I love that description, and I love those 'streaming hair' screencaps.

...there's fear, dread, alarm, even grief-in succession and sometimes mixed together-but also awe.'

Elijah is so adept at conveying emotions using only facial expressions ~ particularly in his role as Frodo ~ and oh, those eyes can speak a thousand words!

Gorgeous screencaps, and I very much enjoyed reading your
commentary, Mechtild. Thank you.

~ Blossom.

[mechtild]

You liked the streaming-hair-screencaps? I had about a dozen, but I had to trim them way down to get even this much of the scene in this post. The scene may be questionably done, but it makes superb visual images. :)

Yes, it's a shame they did what they did with the temptation scene, but, ah, well. There have been such well-known illustrations of Galadriel holding that ring aloft, and P.J. was so fond of memorable illustrations, you'd think just that would have steered him into a book-like scene. But I think he was just too worried the Glade scene would be too talky.

"Gorgeous screencaps", say you? Wait till you see the way yours look in the next post. Yowza!