Posted: June 25, 1999 at 10:40:18: by Frederic
'Sigh'
Alas I already read all the new messages on the board this morning, which means I will soon have to get to work (disciplin, disciplin)...
Just one last thing before I go.
I'm in the SdA again, and again I wondered about Legolas and Gimli's ability to listen to what the Nature says around them : Legolas in Hollin, when he says that stones lament about the kingdom of old, when they would be cut and carved and built ; Gimli when in Dimril Dale, where because of Frodo's fears (they lag behind) he listens to the earth, and says he does not hear anything but the plants and stones' "nightspeech". Strange abilities, is not it ?
Oh, and yet another thing that puzzles me. No two things !
- Frodo is stated to be the one that sees best in the Mines after Gandalf, because of his Morgul wound and presumably of his bearing the Ring... but what about Legolas and Gimli ???? Related to that, how come Haldir in Lorien needs the light of a lamp to study Frodo and Sam's faces in the flet ????
- Another unpleasant detail : the Balrog issues a "terrible cry" as he falls from the bridge... quite unconsistant with the Letters and Tokien's complaints about some adaptation having made the Balrog laugh (if my remembering is correct), whereas he considers him as... mute ? Or was it just that the Balrog remained silent ?
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