Accepting changes that were made - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Essex · 03-07-2005, 04:05 AM

There's one part of the book that I always struggle with, and that's why does Aragorn let Frodo and Sam go to Modror on their own? Yes, he wants to save Merry and Pippin from certain torment, but wouldn't he sacrfice them for the good of Middle-earth?

The film version comes up with a way around this. Not perfect, and again, it's a dreaded Change, but I think the writers themselves also struggled with why Aragorn let Frodo go, and filmed their version of this. Not that I really agree with the way they did it, but I understand their thinking.....

03-07-2005, 04:05 AM	#4
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	There's one part of the book that I always struggle with, and that's why does Aragorn let Frodo and Sam go to Modror on their own? Yes, he wants to save Merry and Pippin from certain torment, but wouldn't he sacrfice them for the good of Middle-earth? The film version comes up with a way around this. Not perfect, and again, it's a dreaded Change, but I think the writers themselves also struggled with why Aragorn let Frodo go, and filmed their version of this. Not that I really agree with the way they did it, but I understand their thinking.....