The Arrogance of the Rings

[ReededGoat]

I, like many of you, have been enjoying the hell outta my copy of the extended edition set. I have now seen all the appendices, and have gotten through the PJ/Fran/Phillipa commentary. <BR>This is one of my favorite films of all time, and I'm psyched that the people who made it were the ones who made it.<BR>Now I do have one problem that burns my bottom...during Boromir's death scene, Phillipa Boyens says (and I do admire her honesty...I'll give her that) that it's better than the book. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, but I found myself saying 'I knew it' under my breath. In interviews I had seen of her, both on the appendices and off, I got the inkling that she was bit cocky about their adaptation. There are some other things they said during the commentary that made me think that they might have fallen into thinking that they were making the book better, period (not just 'better for the medium of film'). That's an unfortunate high for them to get on.<BR>Right after she said that, I pulled out the Two Towers and read it out loud to my wife so we could have an immediate comparison. PB also said that she felt that JRRT's writing of that scene was lacking...I can't believe this woman!!!!!! I think she's going a bit far and has gotten maybe a bit cocky about the film. <BR>To make one point from the book that I actually think is more powerful than the film version (which is brilliant, don't get me wrong), Aragorn is 'bent, weeping' over Boromir when he passes, and that's how Gimli and Legolas come across him.<BR>Sorry if this has been touched upon in another thread, I don't have time to slog through all the message board material...sorry for the rambling nature of this post as well...I'm just all fired up and not in the mood for organizing things perfectly.<P>RG