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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 537617" data-attributes="member: 3146">I'll preface this by saying that the movie will probably grow on me. And I very much liked the portrayal of Edoras and Rohorrim, the Ents, Gollum, and even the Wargs looked right. Visually, it was a very impressive film. Eowyn was perfect too.On the other hand, the characterization seemed off. It was as if Peter Jackson wasn't about to let any of the male characters be willing to get with the program without being pushed into it by a woman, a hobbit, or necessity. The most noticable changes were in Treebeard and Faramir's characters. In the book, both of them recognize the situation and are able to decide to do the right thing more or less immediately (for Treebeard though, immediate needs to be defined in entish terms). In the movie, "time for Faramir to show his quality" takes on exactly the opposite meaning because, unlike in the book, he fails the test. Given that this change meant cutting dialogue (between Frodo and Farmir at their initial meeting and Sam accidentally giving away that Frodo has the Ring) in favor of adding battle scenes which weren't in the book (battle of Osgiliath, the warg attack) into a movie that already was chock full of battle sequences, it really rankled.Less obnoxious changes included Theoden's resentment towards Gondor and Elrond's desire to leave middle earth rather than fight it out. The arrival of the elves at Helm's Deep was almost a neutral change except that I gather they're supposed to represent Elrond being convinced to aid in the battle. If that's the case, it makes no sense that Haldir would be the one to show up. He's one of the Galadhrim.Even Aragorn got into the act. In the portion leading up to the battle of Helm's Deep, it seemed like he never got around to deciding whether he was going to counsel Theoden to courage or give in to despair himself. It was only when he realized there was no way out that he really began acting consistently.</blockquote>

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