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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Droogie" data-source="post: 299862" data-attributes="member: 1298">If you must have an answer Edena, I would have to agree with JoeBlank and Tsyr- the timeline in the film was ambiguous for a reason, and  the implied or even "imagined" shortened timeline neither improves no detracts from the story. Long in the book, short and more urgent in the film. Works both ways for me. If hard pressed, which I guess I am, I might even say a tightened time-line improves on the story.....SLIGHTLY...as it seems to be more...I dunno...realistic? If you knew you had such a coveted item, and the enemy was already looking for you, I suppose I would dash outta Dodge with sweat on my brow too.But to continue the hijacking of this thread, I'd like to comment on the departures from the book as well...1. Frodo needed to make the flight to the ford alone. 2. Agreed: Gimli's belief in a thriving dwarven kingdom was bogus. All it probably did was confuse the non-tolkien audience. That whole scene raised lots of questions for one who hadn't read the book: " Why don't they knock? Why doesn't Gimli know the password? Why is the door written in elvish?"3. I actually kind of like the "reluctant king" angle. I've read that narsil is not reforged until the third film,which I feel gives more poignancy to the third films title. Aragorn's apprehension and self-doubt make him a character we can relate to moreso than the one on the page. Also lends more weight to his eventual triumph. Bit of a cliche I suppose, but I'm a sucker for this kind of thing.</blockquote>

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