Did Aragorn have to suck the face off 🧝Arwen?

[Mrs. Maggott]

I am sure that kiss appealed to a certain segment of the audience, but I saw no harm in it.

Surprise, surprise!

 

[Minuel Lasgalas]

Elrond:One of these lives has a future....the other does not.

Too funny!

I read somewhere that during the 'Narsil delivery' shooting, Hugo kept blowing his lines and on the last take - 'Elrond' stepped into the scene face hidden from the view of all in attendance and when he slowly exposed his face he had on a pair of his "Mr. Smith" sunglasses and says something along the line of, "Join with the MATRIX, Mr. Aragorn" in his best deadpan delivery.

True or false?... Who cares, the concept is hilarious.

And the kiss was expected - the abruptness of it was fun.

 

[Sarde]

There had to be a kiss. I liked the kiss. It was sweet. I would have liked to see Faramir and Éowyn kissing in the gardens of the Houses of Healing as well... Kisses are nice!

 

[Saucy]

me when i saw that

it just didnt seem to fit, something about it made it seem out of place

i think a little more love acknowledge ment for Eowyn and Famhirir would of been nice, other then a sudle glance

shorten the aragorn arwen stuff, lengthen the eowyn famiiri stuff thats what i suggest

 

[FIRELILY]

Still, laugh as we might, it is just another example of how little Jackson understands the story he chose to film - or rather, the story he chose to "update" and make into a film/films. In Tolkien's mythic world - or the medieval world or the world of legend - no man would kiss a woman so in public. It would not only be unseemly, but it certainly would be an insult to her (and a public one at that!). However passionate the two were, the most he would deign to do in a public place would be to place a chaste kiss upon her hand or forehead. Any true passion would be kept strickly private. It was not a culture of "let it all hang out", thank God.

But Mr. Jackson either did not know that or, more probably, didn't care. However, given how determined he was to be "spot on" in every detail of Tolkien's Middle-earth - armor, runes, clothing etc. - one wonders why he cared so little about the most important thing - the behavior of the inhabitants. It's no wonder that one gets a constant feeling of "disconnect" in these films. It reminds me of that modern television series Hercules; period costumes and props with modern dialogue and behavior. Of course, that was intentional - and fun. In these films it was just jarring.

Um....except for Faramir and Eowyn you mean? I remember something about them kissing and embracing high up on the wall of Minas Tirith with not a care about who saw them. Sounds the opposite of private to me.
Also, Mrs. Mag, I've seen several of your posts detailing your displeasure at how Jackson makes Arwen the "pursuer" in his films (she went after him, she kissed him, etc. etc.)-a view that I do not agree with-and the ONE big time that Aragorn is shown with Arwen being the dashing, sweep-you-off-your-feet kind of hero you DON'T LIKE IT???!!!
For God's sake, woman! Can the King of the world not enjoy some tongue-in-cheek after narrowly escaping an apocalypse?