Movie Challenge
Challenge Details
The movie has of course made changes to the books.
Some changes we accept, others we feel fall short of
expectations, and some outright violate our
expectations in a way we feel is barely acceptable, if
that.
Pick a scene from either of the two movies that particularly bothers you, either due to continuity, or due to issues of characterization. Then, while remaining within the movieverse, attempt to explain or fill the gap in a way that would enhance the movie for you as a lover of the books.
If this is a persistent characterization problem, try to pick the moment that you feel is defining of the wrongness of the characterization and work with it.
Examples:
Pick a scene from either of the two movies that particularly bothers you, either due to continuity, or due to issues of characterization. Then, while remaining within the movieverse, attempt to explain or fill the gap in a way that would enhance the movie for you as a lover of the books.
If this is a persistent characterization problem, try to pick the moment that you feel is defining of the wrongness of the characterization and work with it.
Examples:
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Faramir, just before news of Gollum in the pool is brought to him: what was he thinking that would make his future actions more comprehensible to you?
Why did Frodo walk out to meet the Nazgul at Osgiliath? Ring-induced zombieness, or something else?
Elrond: what happened between him and Arwen just after she cries on his shoulder and just before we get the scene of her leaving Rivendell?
What is Gimli thinking every time he makes a joke?
Where did Aragorn get those hobbit-swords in FoTR?
Entries with Stories
The following authors have entered a story in the Challenge.
- Alawa - Gilraen's Memorial
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 18 Jan 03
- Before the Fellowship’s departure from Rivendell, Aragorn thinks about Arwen, Elrond and his duty while visiting Gilraen’s grave. A response to the HASA Movie Challenge so set in the movieverse.
- Arwen Imladviel - From Shadow to Shadow
- Adult Audience
- Last Updated: 05 Jun 03
- Movie-based in last two chapters. A woman is haunted by the past, tries to solve her feelings by anger and arrows, and ends up as a restless spirit who haunts others. Epilogue in the Third Age. Entered in the movie challenge for that scene... I can't spoil the surprise, can I?
- Avon - Words Unsaid
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 06 May 03
- Movieverse - Aragorn's arrival at Helm's Deep from Legolas' POV. Given it's my first ever LOTR story ANY feedback/suggestions/criticism would be most welcome.
- Cruisedirector - Fragments of Truth
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 01 Sep 03
- Aragorn reflects on the things he will never tell Arwen. Fully movie-verse.
- Eledhwen - Little Hope
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 13 Mar 04
- In answer to the movie challenge, Aragorn's pov following the confrontation with Legolas at Helm's Deep. Also featuring Gamling. Very short!
- Evening Nightshade - This Rose Without A Thorn
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 06 Jul 03
- Sam thoughts as he watches Rosie that night in the Green Dragon Inn. In answer to the Movie Challenge.
- Lyllyn - End Games
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 20 Jan 04
- When Arwen found Aragorn in the forest near Weathertop, why did a wise Elf act that way? An answer to the Movie Challenge.
- Morwen Tindomerel - Faramir
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 17 Apr 03
- Faramir's thoughts and motivations during and after his encounter with Frodo and Sam. Movie Canon.
- Morwen Tindomerel - Road To Rivendell, The
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 13 Apr 03
- The Journey as it might have taken place in the the movie-verse. Fanon and Original characters.
- Morwen Tindomerel - Those Who Wait
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 12 Apr 03
- Happenings in Rivendell after the departure of the Company. Movie-verse, original characters.
- shadow975 - Weakness Of Men, The
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 11 Mar 03
- In answer to the Movie Challenge, this tries to make sense of Aragorn's mishandling of Boromir when they argue near Parth Galen, shortly before Boromir's fall.
- Suzene Campos - Different Kind Of Sacrifice, A
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 05 Mar 03
- This is an entry for the Movie Challenge, specifically for the "What is Gimli Thinking Each Time He Makes A Joke" idea. Set directly after the battle for Helm's Deep, this movie-verse story contains spoilers, angst, and Dwarf-stripping. You have been warned.
- Suzene Campos - Giving Ground
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 23 Jan 03
- Legolas' POV after he and Aragorn argue at Helm's Deep. Two Towers movie-verse.
- Victoria - Lothlórien
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 03 Apr 03
- Movie-fic. When the Fellowship arrives in Lothlorien, they find themselves at the business end of twenty bows; this is that part of the movie from Legolas' point of view.
Written for the Movie Challenge.
Placeholders
The following authors have entered a placeholder in the Challenge.
- Jemi Gr
- Entry Date: 20 Dec 03
