Was I the only one who enjoyed the Elves' song? I rather liked the tra-la-lally! I felt like they were giving some kind of lightness of heart to the travelers, and while it's out of usual character for the elves, it's kind of fitting in the scene? I haven't read the LoTR trilogy in nearly ten years so I'm rusty in the details of how they /should/ behave, but it seemed...nice. And Bilbo definitely felt its effects as it lifted his weary spirits.
I also have to comment on the goblins' dialogues, because I expected a lot of crudeness in their language (probably because I'm so used to that in the movies), so when they started speaking full and proper sentences and sang songs (albeit not friendly songs), my eyebrows rose very high. Books are always better.
I have to say, the differences between the book and the movie are surprising. I guess for movie purposes they made certain changes, but I prefer the book's approach--and it makes a lot more sense.
I think this wasn't a very useful comment and I sort of just rehashed a lot of things others have already said, but that's what I feel so far~
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Was I the only one who enjoyed the Elves' song? I rather liked the tra-la-lally! I felt like they were giving some kind of lightness of heart to the travelers, and while it's out of usual character for the elves, it's kind of fitting in the scene? I haven't read the LoTR trilogy in nearly ten years so I'm rusty in the details of how they /should/ behave, but it seemed...nice. And Bilbo definitely felt its effects as it lifted his weary spirits.
I also have to comment on the goblins' dialogues, because I expected a lot of crudeness in their language (probably because I'm so used to that in the movies), so when they started speaking full and proper sentences and sang songs (albeit not friendly songs), my eyebrows rose very high. Books are always better.
I have to say, the differences between the book and the movie are surprising. I guess for movie purposes they made certain changes, but I prefer the book's approach--and it makes a lot more sense.
I think this wasn't a very useful comment and I sort of just rehashed a lot of things others have already said, but that's what I feel so far~