I saw the movie last week with my daughter. Walter Holokai from Youngstown, Ohio on January 10, 2013: I fully intend to do more of them.I can hardly wait for the next Peter Jackson film.they do deviate quite a lot from the books, but they also raise interest in them at the same time, so despite what Christopher Tolkien thinks, it's one big win. Wesman Todd Shaw (author) from Kaufman, Texas on January 11, 2013: Their spirits are tied to the Earth, and their spirits were created to last so long as the Earth lasts, and so, they are very closely tied to nature, but less so than say, Radagast the Brown, the Wizard who preferred the kinship of animals to that of elves, dwarves, men, or other creatures. Unlike men, elves are not so concerned with power they'd rather practice the arts such as smith-work poetry, music, sculpture, or healing. Most notable of all is the fact they do not die unless in battle, or from grief. The elves of Tolkien's Middle Earth are similar in appearance to men, but very very different creatures in a large number of ways. Tolkien's elves were immortal, they did not age, and they did not die unless by sword, etc, or sorrow, their spirits were created to last so long as the world endured, but they could become so old their very spirits overtook their bodies, rendering them invisible save for when they deemed it necessary to reveal themselves to men.

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