Hi Dark, Yeah. That is exactly why I hate it when they turn a book into a movie. Some idiot screen writer changes this and that, and eventually end up screwing it up in some way. Take the HP films. I can't stand them because Warner Brothers has taken liberties with the story and they aren't as good as the books in my opinion.
About the worst case of this is the movie It. I've read the book many many times, practically know it by heart, but the movie is terrible. They have totally changed the scenes in the movie and rewritten things their way, and it might as well be someone else's creation instead of one of Steven King's best sellers, because the book and movie are so completely different. Getting back to LOTR though the movies weren't aweful, but I agree they did change things too much. Starting with the Twin Towers the screen writers started playing with the story and ended up messing it up for us LOTR purests. Why on earth do they have to do that? Cheers! On 7/11/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > this is why the first lotr film is my favourite. While it has it's problems, > it's all in all closest to Tolkien. > > many of the changes in the films simply do not make sense, for instance when > the entire point of attempting to destroy the ring in the first place, is > that Sauron himself would never considder that option, hence why such a big > deal is made of the battles so as to effectively keep the Dark Lord's > attention away from his own boarders, we then in the 2nd film have Frodo and > sam dragged off to isgiliath by Faramir (a very different character from > Faramir in the book), and the ring is revealed to a nasgul. > > the idea that Sauron would ignore the fact that the one thing he needs to > conquer the entire world is suddenly found on the boarders of his land, in > fact not even a days' journey from Minas Morgul where he has a huge army > under the command of his right hand wraith is really quite insane! > > for some great articals on changes, as well as some interesting facts on > history see the movy guides at http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/ > > I'm a big fan of the encyclopedia of Arda generally, but what they've done > with respect to the films is very nice indeed. > > Btw and if you can, i'd advise anyone to listen to the bbc radio adaptation. > > Sadly tolkien himself died three years before it was made in 1976, but if > you want an adaptation that stays true to the book while having some great > acting that is the deffinative one for me. > > yes, it misses certain sections like tom bombadil, but all the important > stuff is most distinctly there. > > oh, and the music Steven oliver composed is fantastic as well. > > Beware the grue! > > dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
