Re: OT: Two Towers movie

--- JS Bangs <jaspax@...> wrote:
> Isidora Zamora sikyal:
> Only a madman *wouldn't* be afraid going into a
> battle like that!
There's "fear" and there's "fear"! One is
trepidation over possible outcomes; there's also
abject terror. I get the impression from the
description that the fear on their faces is more
of the latter. I think that would be incorrect.

> For
> those men and boys to be afraid says nothing
> about their bravery, only
> their realism. (And in response to Padraic's
> comments, we should remember
> that the Rohirrim are neither religious
> fanatics nor orphans in a war
> zone, but people in more ordinary
> circumstances.)
I'm not sure I'd entirely agree with that! What
with a major Power just across your border that
is bent on your destruction.

> As has been said by
> others, bravery is not lack of fear, but
> fighting despite fear, and by
> that measure, the Rohirrim prove their bravery
> by their ability to win the
> battle of Helm's Deep despite the incredible
> odds.
Agreed. This is not how I understood the
description of the movie, though.

Padraic.


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Samlan, isa-susansilo-war-mercumo crastandus, en! mercumes-don-crâgamando, en!
mercumes-dom-resmanstaro haccruçen-fon-Mursilbâm!

And now, the corpse lies limp, lo! even the body of strength, lo! even the body
of Mursilbâm that slew the monster!
  [Erronian fragment]

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