cairistiona | Wednesday and a question...

So... I haven't tried uploading today to see if LJ is working because I'm facing a bit of a conundrum. We've reached the bit in TTT where it's Aragorn thinking back about the whole betrothal with Arwen and his subsequent breaking of it (or attempt to). Now, for me, it's a lovely scene as far as Aragorn-gazing but as far as canon goes, it's about the biggest, most egregious one of the bunch (my opinion only, your mileage may vary as to whether there are worse breaks from canon). Part of me really doesn't want to mess with posting that scene, but another part of me wants to so that I stay true to the idea that this is, after all, Aragorn's Movie-verse Journey. And as I think on that, two things come to mind: Cormac McCarthy's words to the effect that a movie is a movie, and a book is a book; and the haunting voice of Viggo Mortensen reciting his actor's lament of "the man he once was for a short season lying forgotten in a well-groomed graveyard that smells of popcorn" (Never heard his poem "Edit"? Go to brego.net here and scroll down for the audio). Heaven forbid I turn my LJ to such a thing! And if I don't post that scene, do I also skip the scene where Elrond shows up with Anduril, and do I skip the scene with the palantir and Arwen dying, and do I skip... do you see where this is going! LOL I have a feeling I'll end up posting the scenes... maybe with a disclaimer.

But not today. Today, enjoy Elessar's Charge! (I really think that'd be a good name for this shot... maybe it is, who knows)