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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nikolai" data-source="post: 1307234" data-attributes="member: 10130">I just want to post to bolster my claim that the plot of the books is different to that of the films. There are other small alterations, but the driving idea behind the books it the battle over the possession of the Ring. A short summary would be this:Sauron wants to enslave Middle Earth, and needs it to be safe, and Gandalf wants it destroyed. Saruman, in awe of Sauron's power, "allies" with Mordor, but seeks to capture the Ring for himself and use it against Sauron. So when Pippin looks into the Palantir, Sauron thinks Saruman has betrayed him. And when Aragorn looks into it, Sauron fears that he has the Ring and will use it to overthrow him, so lauches his attack on Gondor as a pre-emptive strike. Denethor then goes mad when he sees Frodo has been captured in Cirith Ungol: and Sauron has the ring and is unstoppable. The books is set around a drama over the possession of the Ring; and Frodo's journey and what's happening elsewhere are closely connected.In the film this is lost; the whole chain of causation behind the books is altered. From the films, you'd think that Sauron wants to commit genocide, replacing men with orcs and everyone else just has to stop him. And all the stuff with the rest of the fellowship doesn't have much connection to Frodo and Sam's quest.It's a different story. They're very good films, but I find watching them (particularly TTT and RotK) quite strange, because in terms of story the similarity between them is pretty superficial.</blockquote>

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