TPotSS wrote:
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A book cannot shock and surprise in the same way a movie can. A movie can shock and surprise in many ways
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This is true to some extent - however, it misses the point. What we are dealing with in the decision to have Frodo send Sam away is not a shocking visual or auditory moment. An example of the kind of shock you describe is Bilbo's momentary transformation in Fellowship. This is nothing like that - it is not a cinematic surprise at all; it is merely the kind of surprise one experiences on learning (in any way) that such and such a change has been made. And to the portion of the audience that had not read the book, it did not even offer that kind of surprise.
So to say that this "twist" was a cinematic effect at all seems incorrect to me.