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<blockquote data-quote="Squire James" data-source="post: 6449" data-attributes="member: 548"><p>A lot of stuff had to be cut to shorten the movie (the original cut is reputed to be 4.5 hours, 50% larger than the final cut), but I guess one has to judge what is left. I'll respond to your gripes that I disagree with first, then offer my own gripes...</p><p></p><p>Glorifindel had a very minor part in the books... Tom Bombadil had a bigger part! Replacing him with a woman in order to bring the male/female character ratio down to, oh, 10 to 1 seemed a reasonable thing to do.</p><p></p><p>I <em>think</em> Aragorn was revealed as the heir of Isildur at the Council of Elrond in the books, though it wasn't Legolas who did so (I think it was Gandalf). Boromir had about the same reaction as in the movie, something like "That's all well and good, but I doubt our problems will be solved by Isildur himself, much less this guy I don't even know!"</p><p></p><p>OK, on to my gripes about the movie:</p><p></p><p>1. Saruman, in my opinion, never thought of himself as "joining with Sauron". He simply thought it was best to use Sauron's methods in opposing him, take the Big Boss' job (and Ring), and rule the world himself. The movie made him too much like, oh, a Nazgul. A lackey who knows he's a lackey.</p><p></p><p>2. I'll echo the sentiments that the Lothlorien scene was way too short. I understand a lot of it is sitting on the cutting room floor, but this is one part of the movie that needed to be cut so much. I imagine Legolas and Gimli will have to become friends the old fashioned way... by fighting in a war together (which is mostly how I understood it happening anyway).</p><p></p><p>3. Another echo... show Narsil being reforged, or leave out that "broken sword" scene altogether! Maybe the movie delayed the reforging of the sword, perhaps to be delivered by Halbarad later. Maybe the new Arwen forges swords as well as she does needlework on standards?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Squire James, post: 6449, member: 548"] A lot of stuff had to be cut to shorten the movie (the original cut is reputed to be 4.5 hours, 50% larger than the final cut), but I guess one has to judge what is left. I'll respond to your gripes that I disagree with first, then offer my own gripes... Glorifindel had a very minor part in the books... Tom Bombadil had a bigger part! Replacing him with a woman in order to bring the male/female character ratio down to, oh, 10 to 1 seemed a reasonable thing to do. I [I]think[/I] Aragorn was revealed as the heir of Isildur at the Council of Elrond in the books, though it wasn't Legolas who did so (I think it was Gandalf). Boromir had about the same reaction as in the movie, something like "That's all well and good, but I doubt our problems will be solved by Isildur himself, much less this guy I don't even know!" OK, on to my gripes about the movie: 1. Saruman, in my opinion, never thought of himself as "joining with Sauron". He simply thought it was best to use Sauron's methods in opposing him, take the Big Boss' job (and Ring), and rule the world himself. The movie made him too much like, oh, a Nazgul. A lackey who knows he's a lackey. 2. I'll echo the sentiments that the Lothlorien scene was way too short. I understand a lot of it is sitting on the cutting room floor, but this is one part of the movie that needed to be cut so much. I imagine Legolas and Gimli will have to become friends the old fashioned way... by fighting in a war together (which is mostly how I understood it happening anyway). 3. Another echo... show Narsil being reforged, or leave out that "broken sword" scene altogether! Maybe the movie delayed the reforging of the sword, perhaps to be delivered by Halbarad later. Maybe the new Arwen forges swords as well as she does needlework on standards? [/QUOTE]
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