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Essex · 06-09-2004, 09:42 AM

re sauron / aragorn fight.

I think what we have is not a 'eureka' moment by Jackson, but the other 2 scriptwriters obviously talking him out of having the fight in the film.

I don't think scriptwriting (especially THIS book) is Jackson's forte, that's why he got his wife and Boyens to assist. (and in assist I really mean control)

I think boyens and walsh pretended to let him have his way by letting him film the scene, and then explained to him what he would look like after tolkienists had got hold of him if the fight scene had appeared in the film.

So Jackson comes back with a 'ok, no sauron but we'll have this massive orc/troll type thing attack him.'

Cue boyens and walsh look at each other, roll their eyes, and say 'ok, peter, have your troll then'.

We had the same sort of thing hapening in Helm's Deep. Boyens and walsh go into a corner. "OK, let him film arwen knocking seven shades out of a few orcs. We can always airbrush her out afterwards. He'll be too busy working on ROTK to remember anyway......"

06-09-2004, 09:42 AM	#5
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	re sauron / aragorn fight. I think what we have is not a 'eureka' moment by Jackson, but the other 2 scriptwriters obviously talking him out of having the fight in the film. I don't think scriptwriting (especially THIS book) is Jackson's forte, that's why he got his wife and Boyens to assist. (and in assist I really mean control) I think boyens and walsh pretended to let him have his way by letting him film the scene, and then explained to him what he would look like after tolkienists had got hold of him if the fight scene had appeared in the film. So Jackson comes back with a 'ok, no sauron but we'll have this massive orc/troll type thing attack him.' Cue boyens and walsh look at each other, roll their eyes, and say 'ok, peter, have your troll then'. We had the same sort of thing hapening in Helm's Deep. Boyens and walsh go into a corner. "OK, let him film arwen knocking seven shades out of a few orcs. We can always airbrush her out afterwards. He'll be too busy working on ROTK to remember anyway......"