Strider

[Eyalan]

For the few members that read the books before watching the movies;
Did you also not trust Strider in the beginning? I thought he was really evil and was only a little convinced by Gandalf's letter.

[Haldir]

Not really ... in the book he seemed a lot more nicer and friendlier than they portrayed him in the movie. But that's just how I saw him before the movie

[Luthien]

Yeah, I figured he was probably a bad guy. I thought the letter coulda been forged.

[Ineril]

In the beginning he was really scary and very threatening to Frodo and the gang.

[Anwyn]

I saw the movie before I read the book *Hangs head*

Though my dad had insisted I read his copy of Fellowship before I went, and I didn't and I wish now that I had.

In the movie I was still convinced for a good part of the movie he was going to turn against them, how wrong was I

[Eyalan]

Awww *taps on Anwyn's shoulder* it's okay girl. ;D
But I'm sure you have read it now, so did you notice how weird he was in the beginning?!

[Tulmind]

I thought when i read the books that strider was evil. I thought that he was trying to take advantage of what he thought were stupid hobbits..... but no, i have to be wrong and he ends up king!!! HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN???

[Eyalan]

I can totally imagine you freakin' out

[Tulmind]

I watched the movie first but in the books it gave even more of a reason. GRRRRR!!!!!

[aerlinnielbloom]

Personally, I think he was way nicer in the movies, like you said, Eya. I have expected the letter to be forged! I didn't trust him at all. Actually, I remember thinking, "Yeah, this is nice, let's get to a Legolas scene!!"

[Tulmind]

in the movie for some reason i was more willing to ecxept that he was not evil but in the book i didn't really like him till the end.

[Eyalan]

I can only agree. After all, he was the first reason to go see the movies in the first place. I remember looking at a Legolas' picture before all movies came out and I was already enchanted. ;D

When Agagorn was officially okay after the letter, he changed dramatically by the way! First he was like really scary and then he got like:"Oh, it's so hard to make friends nowadays!" No wonder with that attitude.

[Haldir]

Ehh I never noticed Legolas at first... surprisingly. I was actually watching Frodo... and I used to think that the entire LotR cast was very ugly...

[Elenawen]

admin said:

and I used to think that the entire LotR cast was very ugly...

*gasp*

Sadly I watched the movies before reading the books. And I didn't even like them at first (I just liked Frodo).
I can't really remember what I first thought about Aragorn... hmmm....

[Tulmind]

yes sadly i also watched the movies before i read the books... but its not like i had a choice. When i first found out about the lord of the rings my famliy rented it. We watched the movie, i went online and figure out the books were first so i read them and then i read the hobbit and tryed the sil and read J.R.R. Tolkiens unfinished tales. I thought it was sorta wierd for Tolkien to use a name like strider. CHESSY, but when i found out it wasn't his real name it was better.