Fellowship Reunion Party

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Very revealing that PJ would contrast "boring dialogue scenes" with doing "something cool."

Yes I did cringe with Boyens and Jackson talking about their script-writing prowess.

I forget what thread it was where you and I debated about the Jackson/Walsh/Boyens arrogance in believing they improved Tolkien. In which case I will say now I stand corrected on my viewpoints then.

I still think there's nothing inherently wrong with someone reading/being inspired by art and thinking "I want to create something better" or "I respect the original source, but want to improve it." In my opinion, that is the purpose of creativity.

Having said that to gloat and brag that it was a better script/better written than Tolkien, oh my...they're delusional and arrogant. I don't remember if Walsh was a script writer for The Hobbit, but I'm pretty sure Boyens was. And well, The Hobbit's script speaks for itself. Without as much original source material to pillage, my ears bled from hearing what Boyen's and Jackson "created."

[Galadriel55]

Finally watched it!

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

That was amazing. Best moment was when Liv Tyler was being kind of mediocre with her lines, and then suddenly drops into fluent, rapid-fire Elvish. Jaw-drop!

I know! And Eowyn's Old English is pretty impressive too.

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Ian McKellan mixing up his line "A wizard is never late Bilbo Bagg...I mean Frodo" Poor guy. Elijah Wood had a small cameo but Ian is the only actor to reprise his role in a major part in The Hobbit. Naturally he stumbled up a bit.

That was probably my favourite moment though.

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Very revealing that PJ would contrast "boring dialogue scenes" with doing "something cool."

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Yes I did cringe with Boyens and Jackson talking about their script-writing prowess.

Not to mention that Ian McKellen and Viggo demonstrated more knowledge of the source material than PJ and P Boyens combined.

When they started talking about writing more exquisitely than Tolkien, the only scene I could think of where this possibly applied is the one they brought up, with "I cannot / shall not pass". I could not think of any other line I would rather hear in movie script form than in book form.


But that aside, I feel like Merry and Pippin kinda took their characters to real life. It was fun to watch.