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Originally Posted by Sir Kohran
The whole point was that Denethor was being completely illogical - any reasonable commander would have summoned aid immediately. It's the viewer's first sign that Denethor's mind is failing to make sense.
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But having the beacons lit by Denethor's order adds to the effect on Denethor by incresing his sense of hopelessness & despair - he's asked for aid & none comes...
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So an evil thing in spider form is suspenseful...yet a big spider is not? Are you saying that audiences will laugh with scorn when Shelob appears, but as soon as someone tells us she's an evil thing, everyone will be shivering in their seats?
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Which again proves CT is correct when he says the book is unfilmable. Audiences can only take from the movie that Shelob is just a giant spider - unless they've read the book. The main reason she isn't frightening, btw, is that we see her too clearly (same with the Balrog). We should only glimpse part of her.
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The anticlimax works in the book. It wouldn't work on film.
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Yes it would - in exactly the way it does in the book.
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Also...where in the radio version do we get the brilliant scenery, high quality costumes and props, fight sequences and realistic CGI of the movies?
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In your head.