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Elladan and Elrohir · 02-14-2006, 03:55 PM

Yeah, as PJ put it, New Line insisted on a prologue, and so he included one, but in the middle of the film. I agree with his logic that it wasn't worth it to spend five or ten or however many minutes at the beginning of the film recapping the story of the first one, when you could use those minutes elsewhere.

Yeah, Frodo and Sam's journey isn't exactly the thrill of all thrills, but Gollum makes it more interesting than Merry and Pippin's journey. We'll get into this later, but I was really surprised (and somewhat pleased) at how much screen time PJ gave to Treebeard and Entmoot. Provides quite a contrast with Helm's Deep, which is going on at the same time.

02-14-2006, 03:55 PM	#7
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	Yeah, as PJ put it, New Line insisted on a prologue, and so he included one, but in the middle of the film. I agree with his logic that it wasn't worth it to spend five or ten or however many minutes at the beginning of the film recapping the story of the first one, when you could use those minutes elsewhere. Yeah, Frodo and Sam's journey isn't exactly the thrill of all thrills, but Gollum makes it more interesting than Merry and Pippin's journey. We'll get into this later, but I was really surprised (and somewhat pleased) at how much screen time PJ gave to Treebeard and Entmoot. Provides quite a contrast with Helm's Deep, which is going on at the same time. __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING