I like Merry and Pippin in the books better in general, most of the time, because they aren't just there for comic relief. Though, I do like their comic relief in the films... so I'm conflicted. But, yeah, I like the way that the ring use is in the book.
In the films, the sword is reforged and brought to Aragorn by Elrond as a symbol of "choose the right path, save Middle Earth" (ignoring the part about Arwen's fate being tied to ME), and I thought that was pretty cool. And the broken sword is just left in Rivendell, right? And Aragorn has some other sword with him before then? But then, in the books, I forget how it works, other than that the sword is reforged before they all leave Rivendell... I think?
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Date: 2012-01-17 05:09 am (UTC)In the films, the sword is reforged and brought to Aragorn by Elrond as a symbol of "choose the right path, save Middle Earth" (ignoring the part about Arwen's fate being tied to ME), and I thought that was pretty cool. And the broken sword is just left in Rivendell, right? And Aragorn has some other sword with him before then? But then, in the books, I forget how it works, other than that the sword is reforged before they all leave Rivendell... I think?