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ReededGoat · 12-22-2002, 02:01 AM

I thought Treebeard looked great, but the other ents looked like goofy clowns. I think the whole ent thing was handled badly. If they had preserved more of Treebeard's dialogue from the book (with multiple and unusual applications of the word 'hasty'), the ents' culture would have gotten across a lot better. I can't believe that there were like ten ents at the entmoot, in a tiny clearing. Them not deciding to attack Isengard was silly - one of them would have seen the desolation by the time Merry and Pippin come along. <BR>Treebeard takes FOREVER to get across Fangorn, there are only a handful of ents at the entmoot, but the moment Treebeard yells and howls, something like fifty ents come out of the tree line all at once, like they were all just hanging out.<BR>One of the most important things about fantasy is making things believeable and consistent within the context of the fantasy itself. The ents going to war in the film was way too clumsy.<BR>And you NEVER get a sense of their great wisdom - they all seem a bit daft and goofy.

12-22-2002, 02:01 AM	#21
ReededGoat Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 32	I thought Treebeard looked great, but the other ents looked like goofy clowns. I think the whole ent thing was handled badly. If they had preserved more of Treebeard's dialogue from the book (with multiple and unusual applications of the word 'hasty'), the ents' culture would have gotten across a lot better. I can't believe that there were like ten ents at the entmoot, in a tiny clearing. Them not deciding to attack Isengard was silly - one of them would have seen the desolation by the time Merry and Pippin come along. <BR>Treebeard takes FOREVER to get across Fangorn, there are only a handful of ents at the entmoot, but the moment Treebeard yells and howls, something like fifty ents come out of the tree line all at once, like they were all just hanging out.<BR>One of the most important things about fantasy is making things believeable and consistent within the context of the fantasy itself. The ents going to war in the film was way too clumsy.<BR>And you NEVER get a sense of their great wisdom - they all seem a bit daft and goofy.