In the time of Feanor there were hobbit-like creatures called Druadan, who could become still like stone. Also known as Woses.
where did you find this? i see nothing of any of this in the silmarillion...
"Uruk Orcs are a large species of Orc."
yes, the uruk hai are sarumans tribe. for clarification, in the book, there were both mordor orks and isengards orks in the horde that waylaid the company. sarumans orcs beat up saurons orcs, though.
"Avari, or dark elves
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most elves of the third age are dark elves, except for galadriel, i think.
"There was also Uinen, Lady of the sea."
yes, a maiar of ulmo
"Uldor, the accursed, leader of the Easterlings."
still a human
"Aule, one of the great Valar, a smith."
one of the fourteen vala(the rulers of middle earth; morgoth was one(but is not counted in the fourteen)). aule made the dwarves
"Balrog is also known as Gothmog."
he is only the head balrog. he was killed long before the lord of the rings starts. they are known (in sindarin(elvish)) as valarauko. they were maiar(the same order as arien, who guides the sun, which is the last flower of the tree laurelin) who morgoth corrupted.
"Annatar was the name of Sauron in the second age.
The evil one has also appeared in the guise of a great warrior, a vampire, and a beast."
he was a maiar of aule(those are the ones that seem to get corrupted the most). his sindarin name is gorthaur.
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also, on a side note, elbereth(many elves, and frodo, say this name several times throughout the story: Elbereth, a Gilthoniel.)
elbereth(sindarin), or Varda(real name), is the wife of manwe(supreme vala), and is the creator of the stars. the elves hold her most dear(all they had when they were created were stars).
not sure what gilthoniel is
but, this is important, because it is frodo saying her name that drives the wraithes away at weathertop. gandalf or aragorn says to him that it was more the hearing of that word that hurt him than frodo(thinking) he stabbed him.
"I am miffed they missed out the wights, but they may appear in a later movie"
no, they wont appear later in the movie. why would they? they arent important at all, except that they provide hobbits with their daggers of westernesse making. i think they werent in the movie because they would be altogether too confusing. i had to reread that part several times before i actually understood what was going on.
i first read the hobbit in 6th grade when i was eleven, and contunied reading the rest of the books from then on. ive read(and am starting to reread) the silmarillion too(which is where we are getting all of this extra info from(that and the appendices)if you are wondering). there are four other books that i know of too: the unfinished tales, the lays of beleriand, the shaping of middle earth, and the tolkien reader. i havent read those last four...yet.
"1. Substituting Arwen for Glorfindel was dopey. I understand why, but I just thought it was too much. And then have HER make the river swell and take out the Ringwraiths instead of Elrond was annoying. And what was that deal with giving Frodo some of her "life energy" or some such nonsense right after the river thing? As a purist, this is what annoyed me the most.
2. Not enough was done in Lothlorien. I have to admit that I went and bought my son and I some Skittles while this was happening, but there was so much that happened there that seemed integral to the story while reading the book. In the book, it was revealed that she wore one of the three elven rings (can't remember Narya or Nenya) - did they do that while I was absent?
3. The council of Elrond just didn't seem right to me. Looked like a disorganized picnic."
yes, i had those same problems. plus, giving saruman a bigger role was also troubling; one might have even thought the balrog was on his side. they almost made galadriel look evil too. one of the friends i went to go see it with(hasnt read the books(said he was going to, though, after he had seen the movie)) said: "she was good?!"
oh well. after seeing the movie a second time, ive rethought my 'stance' on it, and im liking it more and more. my dad, who hates fantasy, said it was one of his favourite movies. and hes only read the hobbit, only because i kept bothering him about it.
and indeed, you don't want to miss a thing,
