The Exorcist - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-17-2003, 09:23 PM

The Exorcist scene was bad (and I don't mean that in the Michael Jackson sense).Don't get me wrong. I'm a great fan of the films - as film adaptations of the books. But what does annoy me about them is the scenes that just don't make any sense (for example, Faramir deciding that Frodo should take the Ring to Mor-dor after just seeing him almost give it up to a Nazgul).And this was one of those scenes. Granted, it looked good for the film. But it didn't just weaken Wormtongue's character. It made him obsolete. Why bother with corrupting one so close to the King when you can just possess him yourself? Brad Dourif gave an excellent performance, but you're kind of left wondering "What are you here for?". [ January 17, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

01-17-2003, 09:23 PM	#1
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	The Exorcist scene was <B>bad</B> (and I don't mean that in the Michael Jackson sense).<P>Don't get me wrong. I'm a great fan of the films - as film <B>adaptations</B> of the books. But what does annoy me about them is the scenes that just don't make any sense (for example, Faramir deciding that Frodo should take the Ring to Mor-dor after just seeing him almost give it up to a Nazgul).<P>And this was one of those scenes. Granted, it looked good for the film. But it didn't just weaken Wormtongue's character. It made him obsolete. Why bother with corrupting one so close to the King when you can just possess him yourself? Brad Dourif gave an excellent performance, but you're kind of left wondering "What are you here for?". <p>[ January 17, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!