I know I have a couple random farthing and ha'penny coins from back in the day, as well as some of the shilling-part coins too.
Ah, the Faramir thing, undoubtedly the most controversial change in all the movies. I don't have a problem with it, though I think Faramir could have been left unchanged if they hadn't given Aragorn self-doubts (though not, however, temptation by the Ring, which is what proves that he's got both the blood and the merit to be King), but I liked all of those changes in context--they do make for a more compelling story. Tolkien, especially at the beginning, is relating the basis for what becomes a legend by the end of the books.
I do very much like the way everything in HP goes by choice. Sometimes in a very horrible and deterministic way, but choices have consequences, and she's good at showing the long-term consequences of the choices the characters make. And yeah, totally Hitler, both Voldemort and Grindelwald.
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Date: 2011-01-24 23:32 (UTC)Ah, the Faramir thing, undoubtedly the most controversial change in all the movies. I don't have a problem with it, though I think Faramir could have been left unchanged if they hadn't given Aragorn self-doubts (though not, however, temptation by the Ring, which is what proves that he's got both the blood and the merit to be King), but I liked all of those changes in context--they do make for a more compelling story. Tolkien, especially at the beginning, is relating the basis for what becomes a legend by the end of the books.
I do very much like the way everything in HP goes by choice. Sometimes in a very horrible and deterministic way, but choices have consequences, and she's good at showing the long-term consequences of the choices the characters make. And yeah, totally Hitler, both Voldemort and Grindelwald.