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Originally Posted by Essex
Davem, a simple equation for you, that works in most cases....
Film totally faithful to the book = film that does not work.
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But the BBC radio series dramatised LotR in 13 hours without making any significant changes to characters or events - apart from missing out the Bombadil/Barrow Downs episode (which was later dramatised seperately - & which
worked very well in spite of all the comments I've heard that it
cannot be done). Taking the EE's into account PJ has had almost as long - especially as the radio version required lots of landscape description by a narrator.
Its not a matter of lack of time - PJ could have trimmed back every interminable fight/battle in the movies by half & made them better for it. My complaint is that most of the changes they made just
didn't work. I won't reiterate my points about Faramir, but simply say book Faramir works & movie Faramir doesn't.
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Originally Posted by SPM
It is clear to me from everything that has been said on this thread that it is primarily because most here hold the book so close to their hearts that they feel disappointed and/or angry with (some or all of) the changes.
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I feel annoyed with the changes not simply because I hold the book close to my heart but because the writers have taken a beautifully crafted, intricate, profound work of art & made a pig's ear of it...