Movie remakes? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

radagastly · 07-28-2004, 12:33 PM

As much as I'd like to see Tom, Old Man Willow, Goldberry and the Barrow Wight, it seems inevitable they will be skipped for the sake of momentum in the story.

I would like to see Frodo portrayed more courageously the way he is in the book. The movie made him kind of wimpy by comparison. I would like to see Sauron with a body--nine fingers and all, rather than some toy eyeball night-light (or better yet, not see him at all, like in the book--much more menacing that way.) I would like to see Eru's chosen representative on Middle-earth NOT club the leader of the free world into unconsciousness in front of his own private guards.

I would actually like to see more restraint with the special effects. Some of them were over the top for my taste and took away from the more personal aspects of the story.

Still, it would be hard to improve on the casting, or the art direction, or the music, all of which were exceptional. Of course, that hasn't stopped remakes in the past, and it won't stop this.

I have no doubt this will be re-done twenty or thirty years from now, if someone is so inclined.

07-28-2004, 12:33 PM	#8
radagastly Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, D. C., USA Posts: 299	As much as I'd like to see Tom, Old Man Willow, Goldberry and the Barrow Wight, it seems inevitable they will be skipped for the sake of momentum in the story. I would like to see Frodo portrayed more courageously the way he is in the book. The movie made him kind of wimpy by comparison. I would like to see Sauron with a body--nine fingers and all, rather than some toy eyeball night-light (or better yet, not see him at all, like in the book--much more menacing that way.) I would like to see Eru's chosen representative on Middle-earth NOT club the leader of the free world into unconsciousness in front of his own private guards. I would actually like to see more restraint with the special effects. Some of them were over the top for my taste and took away from the more personal aspects of the story. Still, it would be hard to improve on the casting, or the art direction, or the music, all of which were exceptional. Of course, that hasn't stopped remakes in the past, and it won't stop this. I have no doubt this will be re-done twenty or thirty years from now, if someone is so inclined. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.