30th December 2003, 11:38 AM
Quote:I have a hard time relating to characters with personalities that just can't exist. I can only get sucked in if the characters are believable, even if they aren't human. For instance, I could never enjoy or get sucked into "Blade", because the characters are barely alive. However, I can get drawn into almost each and every character in Lord of the Rings.
It's funny you say that because one of my few complaints about the Rings movies was that all of the characters seemed distant to me, and I really didn't feel their struggles. Perhaps I'd feel differently if I had read the books, but I've only seen the movies.