Comments | mechtild: Fireside Scene Pt. 4 ~ "Amazing Creatures....!"

mechtild

Fireside Scene Pt. 4 ~ "Amazing Creatures....!"

Jan 19, 2006 11:13

Here is the last small set of caps for this sequence, the ones that I planned to cap originally for my "lighter side of Frodo" project....
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aquila0212 January 19 2006, 17:56:19 UTC

Throat.....*guh*

mechtild January 19 2006, 21:59:31 UTC

At first I thought you meant you were getting all choked up, when you said "Throat." Then I realized you meant you wanted to chew on it. ;)

aquila0212 January 20 2006, 13:11:04 UTC

Chew, nuzzle...yeah...that would be good for starters...

shirebound January 19 2006, 18:07:50 UTC

the look on this young face we never see again

*sob*

I also love the obvious and undiluted trust Frodo shows in Gandalf, which punctuates even more the shock and loss and disbelief he felt at Gandalf's fall in Moria.

*sniff*

mechtild January 19 2006, 22:00:54 UTC

Ah, Shirebound. The fall of Gandalf. I'll never forget how nearly hysterical I was when I first read that scene decades ago. I knew nothing about the plot of the book from others, I was devastated. How could Frodo not have been more so?

ellinestel January 19 2006, 23:13:06 UTC

Oh, my... :(

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mechtild January 20 2006, 04:55:36 UTC

Pearl, I wrote you an answer then wrote one again, but it got erased. I am sorry! Maybe it will appear in your email reply notification.

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mechtild January 20 2006, 15:09:21 UTC

Oh, it wasn't anything much. It was about how, yes, film Frodo suffered far less than book Frodo. But that film Frodo's virtues and strengths that equipped him to withstand that degree of suffering and testing were so lessened, it was just as well. Nevertheless, I added, film Frodo was put through more than any other character in the films, so that for me, in the end he still emerged as the champion sufferer on screen. It was Frodo's performance under duress that made me love him. So, I say he acquitted himself well in the suffering department, even if the films cheated Frodo of the heroic degree of suffering he did in the book.

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mechtild January 20 2006, 04:37:25 UTC

Mews, thank you so much for your thoughtful post. Yes, the lighting is just what is needed for the scene, "delicate," yes. I finished watching a film with my daughter a few minutes ago and have been checking my friend's list. Having read your LJ entry, all the more am I appreciative of your taking the time to visit and comment.

Take heart from the hobbit with the restored, rosy-cheeked face. I'll try to follow my own suggestion, too. This must be a down-in-the-dumps time of year. In the northern hemisphere, at least. :)

~ Mechtild