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GreyIstar · 11-19-2002, 03:09 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "There are so few women in Tolkien's book and none of them take part in any of the major action. I am glad to see that the film is building up the female characters of Middle-earth." (Er...Éowyn?) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>He obviously didn't read the books.<P>Ive watched the commentaries and extras on the DVD and they explain most of the changes and they are logical for the most part in a movie way. Most had to do with pacing and building up momentum. The last thing you want to do is have a movie stall in the middle. Mostly they said the took something that actually happened in the book and made it more dramatic that it actually reads like when Frodo gets stabbed by the spear in Moria.

11-19-2002, 03:09 PM	#9
GreyIstar Wight Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dallas Posts: 116	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> "There are so few women in Tolkien's book and none of them take part in any of the major action. I am glad to see that the film is building up the female characters of Middle-earth." (Er...Éowyn?) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>He obviously didn't read the books.<P>Ive watched the commentaries and extras on the DVD and they explain most of the changes and they are logical for the most part in a movie way. Most had to do with pacing and building up momentum. The last thing you want to do is have a movie stall in the middle. Mostly they said the took something that actually happened in the book and made it more dramatic that it actually reads like when Frodo gets stabbed by the spear in Moria. __________________ Keeper of the site Ring Lord. "Dangerous!" cried Gandalf. "And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord."