Ok, ok, I admit it; I said "no movie related discussions"...

But, I was watching Fellowship of the Ring (the non extended edition) tonight and one of my fellow watchers said, upon seeing Galadriel "isn't that the evil freakout girl?"

I had to leave; it was too painful to stay.

So, to get this out of my system (and in case the person-watching-who-knows-nothing-about-Galadriel-happens to read this) I will be posting a discussion of the differences between Jackson's movies and the Lord of the Rings book (no people; it's not a trilogy; they split it into three volumes because of financial issues.)

However, as I surfed the net to cool down, I noticed that smarter Tolkienites than myself have already posted such things. I refer you to:

Fellowship of the Ring Vs. Books 1 & 2

Two Towers Vs. Books 3 & 4

Return of the King Vs. Books 5 & 6

For further changes, I advise you to take a peek at what the Nitpicker's Guide to the Lord of the Rings has to say.

Feel free to add your own rants, or disagree with anything I've posted. I will make this one provision: to dispute something; you must produce something in one of the books (something Tolkien wrote; or at least, something editted by Christopher Tolkien; not another critic) that supports your claim. (Don't you feel like you're back in English class? ;-) *grin*)