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mormegil · 11-21-2005, 10:19 AM

I tend to agree that the Ents aren't as enjoyable as characters in the movie as they are in the books. I have wondered why PJ made them so myself and cannot come up with any great idea. Perhaps being that time was at a premium, he figured that properly developing Treebeards character would be too time consuming. I really wish they had made them a bit more clever though and kept Pippin as a bumbling stooge, because he still "screws up" doesn't he, by looking in the Palantir, but he is redeemed somewhat by lighting the beacons. They could also have accomplished some redemption by having him actually slay the troll at the end.

11-21-2005, 10:19 AM	#2
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	I tend to agree that the Ents aren't as enjoyable as characters in the movie as they are in the books. I have wondered why PJ made them so myself and cannot come up with any great idea. Perhaps being that time was at a premium, he figured that properly developing Treebeards character would be too time consuming. I really wish they had made them a bit more clever though and kept Pippin as a bumbling stooge, because he still "screws up" doesn't he, by looking in the Palantir, but he is redeemed somewhat by lighting the beacons. They could also have accomplished some redemption by having him actually slay the troll at the end. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”