>The worst performance I had figured out
from the first time I saw the cast list for this
film, and Liv Tyler did not fail to live down to my
expectations. I did like that one scene where
she bugs her eyes way out, though; it
reminded me of John Steiner. She should play
Jaffar's daughter in the upcoming Sinbad of
the Seven Seas part 2: The Revenge of Basra.
Just so long as she just bugged her eyes out
and didn't try to act, she'd be fine.

Darien, I'm no film critic, but I can't help
wondering if you're letting Liv's past body of
work cloud your judgement on her role in
FOTR. Prior to FOTR, the only film I'd seen her
in was Armageddon, which of course stunk,
but I don't recall thinking her acting was
particularly bad. Maybe she has a reputation
that I don't know about, not having seen any of
her other work.

Still, for Fellowship, I thought she was very
well-cast. For one thing, the girl looks like an
elf, even without the ears.

Okay, forget about Liv Tyler. It sounds to me
like you haven't seen the theatrical version of
the movie. I did, and one of the things I really
liked about the DVD extended edition was the
additional character development. Especially
for some of the less important characters like
Merry & Pippin, or Boromir. They'll no doubt do
some more of that for M&P in TTT, but Boromir
won't get another chance.

Did you watch any of the documentaries yet? I
enjoyed the fourth disk the most, with the stuff
on WETA Workshop and how they handled
filming all the scale issues. There's a really
cool scene at the end of of that particular
section that shows Peter Jackson strolling
down the hall with one of his people wearing a
"big rig..." a costume on stilts that makes the
actor look like a nine-foot tall giant with a tiny
head. Peter Jackson looks just like a hobbit.

Gri"find any of the 'Easter Eggs' yet?"shny