My list of defending <B>FOTR </B> <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I just want to know if we had never seen, heard of, or knew the name of Bill the Pony, then why does PJ have them leave the pony behind at the gates of Moria...a waste or precious seonds...we could of seen the full end of Isildur but instead we are stuck with a Pony we have never heard of...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It only makes sense for them to have a baggage pony along. As to the significance of the pony, they didn't go into the whole purchase of him at Bree, etc., so taking Bill out of the movie would only have gained them a minute at max. Most of the scenes he's in were shot for the other characters, so to have him left out wouldn't have changed the time of those shots. The only real screen time Bill gets is the 30 second Bill/Sam/Aragorn scene outside of Moria.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>No mention that the Elven rings were made by Celebrindor, not Sauron, which just confsues the viewer as to why the Elves are almost untouched by their rings, while the 9 kings are now wraiths, and all 7 drawven ones are gone..<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Uh, most people just forget about the dwarven & elven rings, & it worked fine that way. That's why I thought it was pointless to get that quick shot of Galadriel showing Frodo the Ring and saying, "This is Nenya, the Ring of Adament. And I am it's Keeper." Why show it? Especially if you're not going to expound on it any more than that .<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>The rushing of Frodo's departure, in the bok it took 17 years, in the movie, a few minutes...not to mention almost the entire manner in which he escaped was either cut out or changed to an unrecognizable form..<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>True, but the directors didn't want us to see a 50 year-old rather large hobbit going on a long journey, he wanted someone younger & perhaps thinner than the typical hobbit. I don't know if you want to watch 3 movies of a 50 year-old rather large hobbit starring in them, but I'd rather not.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Weathertop was a disaster, not only do the black riders look weak, stupid and scared, but there is no mention of their fear of fire<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>if Aragorn had the shards of Narsil at Weathertop in the movie, weathertop would not of been so horrible...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>lol, I'd say it was pretty obvious by the ringwraiths reaction to Strider's fire brands that they were afraid of fire! Also, how would Aragorn drawing a broken sword please anyone but the book reading audience?<P>[ 10:05 PM February 02, 2004: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]<p>[ 10:18 PM February 02, 2004: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]
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