LOTR Movie=ignorant fans?

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
Regarding the Arwen wandering, well, whether Elrond put his foot down, or whether Arwen chose not to is immaterial, as either way lands with her NOT wandering around the countryside. The situation with Celebrian should have been enough of a deterrant....

My point was that Elrond wasn't preventing her from going out. It's obvious why they chose to introduce Arwen in the way they did: convenience. Putting Arwen out in the field isn't outside her character and is a very small change to what she did in the book given the benefit of introducing her in a 'memorable' scene adapted straight from the book. They simultaneously deleted an interesting but unnecessary character (Glorfindel) and showed [rather than told] the audience that Arwen was important; killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. It certainly wasn't the correct choice but it was a legitimate one.