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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 470871" data-attributes="member: 363">I've fully embraced that I have decades worth of preconceptions that come from reading the books. I've tried to weed out any criticisms that stem from that, or at least acknowledge them openly, and stick with ones that deal with the film in and of itself, except where I saw no reason for the book to have been changed in its translation to the screen. The point made about Arwen and the flooding of the Ford of Bruinen is one I forgot to mention. On one hand, I see that Jackson was trying to make Arwen a very powerful, active character. On the other hand, there is a point where one has to decide how true to Tolkien one wishes to stay. Brown Jenkin seems to have found an interesting point to address that relates to this. Jackson is willing to alter things quite a bit, including to the point of taking away important moments from some characters to give them to others. Tolkien has been criticized, and I believe rightly, for his lack of female characters, and putting onto pedestals - and, in the case of Arwen, he does this literally - the few he does have. Modern commercial films stress the need for the love interest as well as strong female leads. So, Jackson was presented with a dilemma. He had to make some bold choices, which I admire him for making, but with which I disagree. So, what would I have done, if I had the ability to do a Lord of the Rings film project? Personally, I would have tried to do it like a TV show, with several one or two hour episodes, and covered the books faithfully. Realistically, a project like this would likely never get made, but it's what I would like to have done, if I had a Ring of Three Wishes.</blockquote>

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