<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><I>Doug P:</I>But I don't think that it was a bad decision by the filmmakers. Gandalf's opinion does not prevent any of us from feeling warmth at Pippin's noble gesture.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>As a matter of fact, I think it will keep ALL the non-book readers from seeing Pippin's gesture as one of nobility and responsibility. I am surprised the scriptwriters didn't add Gandalf shouting, <I>"Pippin, you a**!"</I><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> In fact, it probably shows us better that "Generous deed should not be checked by cold counsel." We end up thinking "Oi! Gandalf! No!" and thus learn the lesson a little better ourselves.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I think the original model of the lesson (Tolkien's text) is far superior to the movie model. <P>Not to be personal in the least with my argument, but if Jackson followed your proposed model, Doug, he could have shown Galadriel, Gandalf, or Aragorn taking the One Ring for themselves. Then we would have seen a lesson better than them modeling self-restraint!<P>It was, in my opinion, a bad decision by the filmmaker/scriptwriters done intentionally to convey an entirely different attitude. Not out of professional respect as how to best represent Tolkien to today's moviegoing audience. Rather how Jackson has a 'better idea.'
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For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying. -Gandalf, The Two Towers
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