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<blockquote data-quote="Pants" data-source="post: 1633957" data-attributes="member: 8849"><p>Then why wasn't a certain animated LotR as popular as the current movies? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I think it has a little to do with both the adaptation and the source material.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Eh, I don't know about anyone else, but I think that PJ and crew worked to make Helm's Deep much more important in the movies than it actually was in the books. In the books, Helm's Deep is defended by mostly able bodied men along with the requisite old people. In the movie, most of the defenders are those barely able to hold a sword or shoot a bow (plus the elves). In the book, Saruman seeks to conquer Rohan. In the movie, he wants to kill everybody! In the book, the women and children are mostly safe, away from the Deep. In the movie, they are being sheltered in the fortress itself, so that if the defenders fall, they will most likely die not too long after.</p><p></p><p>My knowledge of the book events is rather hazy, as everytime I've read tTT, Helm's Deep was never very gripping to me, never very consequential in the grand scheme, and never written as well as the rest of books. I much prefer the movie Helm's Deep.</p><p></p><p>As it stands, I enjoy Helm's Deep more than the Siege of Gondor in RotK, which was one of my favorite parts in the books</p><p></p><p>But yeah, aside from that, I pretty much agree. Every time I watch the movies again, I see more stuff I don't like. I find this is much more apparent when I watch RotK and tTT, FotR, to me, feels pretty damn perfect on nearly every viewing. The Balrog scene (and Moria in general) are just incredible pieces of filmmaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pants, post: 1633957, member: 8849"] Then why wasn't a certain animated LotR as popular as the current movies? ;) I think it has a little to do with both the adaptation and the source material. Eh, I don't know about anyone else, but I think that PJ and crew worked to make Helm's Deep much more important in the movies than it actually was in the books. In the books, Helm's Deep is defended by mostly able bodied men along with the requisite old people. In the movie, most of the defenders are those barely able to hold a sword or shoot a bow (plus the elves). In the book, Saruman seeks to conquer Rohan. In the movie, he wants to kill everybody! In the book, the women and children are mostly safe, away from the Deep. In the movie, they are being sheltered in the fortress itself, so that if the defenders fall, they will most likely die not too long after. My knowledge of the book events is rather hazy, as everytime I've read tTT, Helm's Deep was never very gripping to me, never very consequential in the grand scheme, and never written as well as the rest of books. I much prefer the movie Helm's Deep. As it stands, I enjoy Helm's Deep more than the Siege of Gondor in RotK, which was one of my favorite parts in the books But yeah, aside from that, I pretty much agree. Every time I watch the movies again, I see more stuff I don't like. I find this is much more apparent when I watch RotK and tTT, FotR, to me, feels pretty damn perfect on nearly every viewing. The Balrog scene (and Moria in general) are just incredible pieces of filmmaking. [/QUOTE]
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