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Originally Posted by SPM
For me, however, the main interest lies not in the fact that the differences exist but in their impact on the story told by the film.
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Nice moderating work, Sauce -- great points in directing the conversation in a constructive direction.
I've already noted the stylized things that bother me a bit here, and will bother me more later down the (plot)line. As an example, I think Sauron's reach could have been executed in a way that was more believable (he's reaching out of arrogance... okay... but what's he reaching
for?) and closer to the books, while still remaining short and to the point. I dashed this off in two seconds, but you get the idea:
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GALADRIEL (V.O.)
But the power of the Ring could not
be undone.
SAURON swings his mace. Warriors fly.
ISILDUR is knocked down. His sword clatters out of his grasp.
SAURON swings again. GIL-GALAD ducks under flying bodies
and drives Aeglos between the iron plates of Sauron's armor.
SAURON bats him away.
ELENDIL attacks from the other flank, but his sword shatters
when it meets Sauron's mace. Sauron crushes Elendil with a
blow that flings him like a rag doll.
THE SHARD OF NARSIL cartwheels through the air and sticks in
the mud near Isildur.
GALADRIEL (V.O.)
It was in that moment, when all hope
had faded, that Isildur, son of the
king, took up his father's sword.
SAURON reaches for the crown on Elendil's bloody head--
With a cry, ISILDUR swings the broken blade of Narsil, severing Sauron's
fingers--
The ONE RING flies from his body.
[etc.]
This take would be roughly as brief, maybe adding two or three shots, and would at least motivate Sauron's reach.