Sage Hobbit movie advice for PJ?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by phantom

And non-purists are more important than purists? You have to pick one or the other, because if you put something in to satisfy non-purists it's automatically going to annoy the purists.

Well, given that Tolkien purists are a massive minority of the potential film audience and are likely to go and see the film anyway, I should imagine that it will be the non-purists that they will primarily aiming to entice into the theatres. It's all about bums on seats, my dear boy.

I agree with Encaitare. If it's done as a children's film, then a love interest won't be needed. But if it's aimed at a wider audience (which seems more likely given the incredible success of the LotR films) they will undoubtedly look for a love interest. The problem with Bard is that he doesn't appear until near the end so, unless they expand his role to feature throughout, he won't really work as the peg onto which to hang the love interest. Can't see what else would work, though ...