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Originally Posted by davem
Either he doesn't understand them or isn't interested in them. Then, as I've pointed out elsewhere, he (or the other writers) give speeches or experiences to one character that belong to another (Eowyn being given Faramir's dream of the Great Wave for instance) which remove the deeper meaning or significance of them.
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Finally started watching the Appendix material found in the ROTK EE DVDs last night, and could not agree more. It seems that they went to the Tolkien LOTR buffet, selected from the various dishes/themes, and used those willy-nilly in the movies. "Hey, that Faramir quote regarding Numenor is really shiny...we need to have that in the movie! Now who can we pin that bauble on? Hmmm...Eowyn has room for more LOTR jewelry, so pin it on her."
What absolutely kills me is when the writers assert that they were being true to the "vision" and "theme" when they have added scenes, storylines, have mixed up dialogue and generally show limited understanding for the deeper themes. They just
had to do it the way that it was done for reason
x. It was almost like saying that it was completely out of their hands and also that no other idea would have worked.