Strange shots (what are they thinking) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HCIsland · 04-10-2003, 10:31 AM

Not from a plotting standpoint. Frodo is the central character of this film. He needs to be front and center. I think most any film maker (if they were to come up with this wild sequence to begin with) would have done the same thing.Speaking of hobbits with Boromir, this film does a great, and very subtle job, of keeping Merry and Pippin connected emotionally with Boromir.Check out all the scenes that have Merry and Pippin with Boromir.*When the "crebain from Dunland" come. *On the pass of Caradhras (sp?). *Jumping the gap on the stairs near the bridge. *In the boats on the river.This is all subtle building for the movie's climax. In that respect, it was more important to connect Frodo to Aragorn.H.C.

04-10-2003, 10:31 AM	#17
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	Not from a plotting standpoint. Frodo is the central character of this film. He needs to be front and center. I think most any film maker (if they were to come up with this wild sequence to begin with) would have done the same thing.<P>Speaking of hobbits with Boromir, this film does a great, and very subtle job, of keeping Merry and Pippin connected emotionally with Boromir.<P>Check out all the scenes that have Merry and Pippin with Boromir.<P>When the "crebain from Dunland" come.<BR>On the pass of Caradhras (sp?).<BR>Jumping the gap on the stairs near the bridge.<BR>In the boats on the river.<P>This is all subtle building for the movie's climax. In that respect, it was more important to connect Frodo to Aragorn.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor