"The Lord of the Rings – In J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the female characters play a role that is almost completely negligible. While writing in stronger women increased the appeal of the epic saga for female moviegoers, devotees of the source material were less than pleased about the changes."

Huh. I can only think of Arwen fitting this dessciption. If anything, both Galadriel and Eowyn were much stronger female characters in the book.

I found that article to be a  little lacking.  An in deapth article, detailing how the plots were changed, would have been much better.

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Huh. I can only think of Arwen fitting this dessciption. If anything, both Galadriel and Eowyn were much stronger female characters in the book.

I found the movie metamorphose of Arwen into a character, rather than a victory trophy, quite acceptable. Tolkien wasn't all that good at women. Jackson et al really had to something for the movie, because Aragorn would have been out of his mind to choose Arwen over Eowyn as portrayed in the books.

My literature-to-screen loss of innocence was Mary Poppins. I eventually came to see the Disney movie as a gem in its own right, but Julie Andrews never even met the Mary Poppins of my childhood bedtime reading.

While on the subject of movies that took a title and some characters from a novel, and then wandered off into their own universe, I have to vote for (against?) Chocolat. A Joanne Harris novel of the battle between good and evil, turned into a sickly movie choc-top. I'm not forgiving that one in a hurry.

Liz

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I found the movie metamorphose of Arwen into a character, rather than a victory trophy, quite acceptable. Tolkien wasn't all that good at women. Jackson et al really had to something for the movie, because Aragorn would have been out of his mind to choose Arwen over Eowyn as portrayed in the books.

To be fair to Tolkien, the filmmakers wisely included parts from the appendices where the relation between Aragorn and Arwen is explored in more detail. But you are right, the change didn't do the films any harm and I haven't really heard too many complaints from fans either. There were other much worse changes done that some of them rightfully complained about.

Ha !    Figured  ........