How am I supposed to think of another reason the movie bombed when I didn't even go see it? All I have to go by is the reason why I personally did not go to see that, and why some of my friends did not go. We all did not go for the same reason - the decision to create a central character out of thin air simply for some reason of "representation" or demonstration of "girl power" was a huge turn off.

You can label that misogyny if you wish, but you'd be wrong.

I loved Eowyn's character in LOTR. She was a strong character but more importantly, she was as Tolkien wrote her. On the flip side, I did not like the expansion of Arwen's role because that was not in accordance with Tolkien.

Rings of power is a mess all around, but one of the main reasons for that is a decision to create a "character arc" for Galadriel that actually diminishes her. Her having any sort of romantic feelings for sauron is blasphemy.

Tolkien once wrote that his God, Eru Illuvatar, is God. Just a different name/perspective as it came down in his stories. It makes perfect sense when you also consider that he viewed his stories as myths of our world. Tolkien was a Christian, and his stories are about our world, so obviously, his God must be God.

The article says -woyhiut further explanation - that Arvedui "tried to claim the throne of Gondor...but failed.". In fact, his claim was flat-out rejected by the Steward and leadership of Gondor on the grounds that Isildur had never ruled Gondor. The reason why Aragorn hadn't tried to claim the crown earlier was that the legal basis of his claim already has been rejected more than a thousand years before.

So, Aragorn knew that to claim the crown of Gondor, he would have to earn it through deeds, and there y convince the people of Go for to recognize his claim.

Obviously, saving the city at the Pelennor Fields under the banner of the King, then leading the army to the Black Gates, looked pretty good on his resume.

The idea that the show runners are just showing Sauron trying to manipulate others, and is not an attempt to rewrite canon, makes sense if there is a subsequent scene confirming that it is a lie.

But if there isn't a scene later confirming that it's a lie, then to the vast majority of viewers unfamiliar with the background writings, Sauron will have been telling the truth.

Jackson's movies are great, but I wasn't a fan of the character changes to either Faramir or Aragorn. The movie versions of both characters were weaker and more full of doubt than their book versions, which likely was done for dramatic effect and to give them more of a classic "arc".

Those changes didn't work for me because I thought both characters lacked the charisma/presence necessary to inspire other men to fight against such a terrifying Enemy.

The idea that there could ever have been "chemistry" between Tolkien 's Galadriel and Sauron is laughable. Tolkien was very clear that Galadriel was the one elf who was never fooled or taken in by Sauron and his disguises. According to Tolkien, she mistrusted him from the start. So when RoP "ships" them, it's a joke.

Also, portraying Galadriel as not yet fully mature and "wise" is absurd. She was already many thousands of years old by the events in RoP, and should have been as majestic and wise then as she was in LOTR. By no stretch of the imagination should she be portrayed as young, even by elf standards. She was one of the oldest elves in Middle Earth.

They butchered her character for the sake of a dramatic arc. That's that simple truth.