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Old 07-29-2003, 06:35 PM   #1
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Was it just me or was some of you guys a bit angry about the changes PJ added to the movie? I mean I understand that filming the entire book exactly is not possible but he didn't need to add things that had nothing to do with the story line. I mean adding those wargs and having Aragorn thrown off the edge of the cliff? I personally didn't like that. Please tell me if it was the same for some of you?
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Old 07-29-2003, 06:37 PM   #2
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I think most of us here disliked that part mainly, along with Faramir and such. *glances around to make sure others agree*. It was just an excuse to give them more kissy-time.
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Old 07-29-2003, 07:42 PM   #3
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I don't mean to dump water all over your campfire, Achika E., but there are quite a few other threads with this subject (& quite a few other threeads that have already degenerated into arguing as well )
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Old 07-30-2003, 08:17 AM   #4
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I found that if it was a PJ addition, I preferred it to every other scene. Faramir was my favourite character, and most of the 11 times I saw TTT, I went because I wanted to see the Osgiliath/Faramir scenes over and over. In other words, I went back to drool over David Wenham
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Old 07-30-2003, 09:05 AM   #5
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Okay, I change my mind. Make that almost everyone, excluding Meela.
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Old 07-30-2003, 02:41 PM   #6
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They just wanted more Arwen, darnit. She does have an uncanny way of weaving herself into the most improbable storylines. Don't get me wrong, Liv Tyler is a great Arwen but in very small amounts (Tolkien measurements, preferably).
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Old 07-30-2003, 03:39 PM   #7
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I thought they did a good show with adapting FOTR, my only real problem is the ridiculous wizard fight, which even PJ feels is cheesy, which begs the question, *** did he put it in???? <P>I has much more angry at the TTT, too much Arwen, I didn't really have a problem with the Wrags but the whole Aragorn falling and dreaming thing got on my nerves, especially when they ended the film at the point where they did, I didn't like how they've caracterized MErry and Pippin as actually influencing the Ents to attack Isengard. THe Osgiliath thing was dumb too since it unnecessarily complicates the plot, and i hate how they changed Faramir, he's one of my favourite characters in the book and they've just butchered his caracter for NO GOOD REASON.
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Old 07-31-2003, 05:07 AM   #8
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There were some things that annoyed me in TTT but the thing that annoyed me the most was the way they changed the Faramir charector. I thought the idea of Faramir was to make him the opposite of Boromir to prove that not all men were that greedy. But, for some reason they portrayed him almost the same as Boromir which i thought was a big mistake.
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Old 07-31-2003, 07:04 AM   #9
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I thought they did a good show with adapting FOTR, my only real problem is the ridiculous wizard fight, which even PJ feels is cheesy, which begs the question, *** did he put it in???? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Hmm, when did he say that? I recall his comment in the director's commentary being something like, I never liked wizzard fights with blue lightning shooting out of their fingers (boy, I wonder what that's in reference too ), so I thought it would be fun just to have two old guys beat the crap out of each other.<P>H.C.
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Old 07-31-2003, 08:25 AM   #10
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I didn't like how they've caracterized MErry and Pippin as actually influencing the Ents to attack Isengard (Sauron 666)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Don't forget, Sauron, in the books their entry into Fangorn was what caused the Ents to attack Saruman's stronghold. I think the changes in that respect of the movie could have been worse, and I agree with you about Faramir. I didn't like the changes they made to him one bit.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I thought they did a good show with adapting FOTR, my only real problem is the ridiculous wizard fight, which even PJ feels is cheesy, which begs the question, *** did he put it in????<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I actually didn't have a problem with it. It's totally different if they're shooting lighting bolts out of there fingertips at eachother (as Hc alreay said). Yes it was an addition, & yes it was a bit strange at first, but for the most part it fit right in & I enjoyed it.
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