As I understand it - though I'm not the fantasy buff I used to be - Tolkein actually wrote the Lord of the Rings as a by-product of his experimentations and work on socio-linguistics. His work on developing what is known, to fans and readers of the Lord of the Rings, as the Elven language which is spoken by Galadriel and also by Elrond (and others as well). You can generally find reasonable notes by Tolkein in the back of the books on how to decipher the script.
What will be interesting - with this in mind - is how closely the movie will keep to Tolkein's intended pronunciation, and also how they will deal with the songs that are used as ambience at the council of Elrond. The songs however arent actually spoken during the council, but are inserted by Tolkein for background to the story of the legends behind the quest beginning.
But it looks promising so far !!
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As I understand it - though I'm not the fantasy buff I used to be - Tolkein actually wrote the Lord of the Rings as a by-product of his experimentations and work on socio-linguistics. His work on developing what is known, to fans and readers of the Lord of the Rings, as the Elven language which is spoken by Galadriel and also by Elrond (and others as well). You can generally find reasonable notes by Tolkein in the back of the books on how to decipher the script. What will be interesting - with this in mind - is how closely the movie will keep to Tolkein's intended pronunciation, and also how they will deal with the songs that are used as ambience at the council of Elrond. The songs however arent actually spoken during the council, but are inserted by Tolkein for background to the story of the legends behind the quest beginning. But it looks promising so far !!
So this could be considered the ultimate in sending something to /dev/null ?