The Council of Elrond - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 08-24-2007, 04:32 PM

It's quite true that there's nothing more deadly for a film than to shoot a bunch of people sitting around talking for anything more than a very brief time. Neither PJ nor a qualified director could have shot JRRT's chapter as written- indeed, Tolkien barely pulled it off in prose.

Still, that's no excuse for having the Council devolve into a childish shouting match (nor for having Boromir recognize the name 'Aragorn').

08-24-2007, 04:32 PM	#5
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	It's quite true that there's nothing more deadly for a film than to shoot a bunch of people sitting around talking for anything more than a very brief time. Neither PJ nor a qualified director could have shot JRRT's chapter as written- indeed, Tolkien barely pulled it off in prose. Still, that's no excuse for having the Council devolve into a childish shouting match (nor for having Boromir recognize the name 'Aragorn'). __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.