PJ's Choices

[ReededGoat]

Well...maybe humble's better than cocky, but I hope you don't mean that the Aragorn of the film is therefore better than the one in the book...<BR>As for the changes made that I mentioned, I understand the need to change things to accomodate understanding amongst an audience that might not be familiar with the books, I just think that the ones that I mentioned could have had a bit more thought put in, and solutions found that could keep things a bit closer to the book. One should only derivate when absolutely necessary - as I've said, these are merely my opinions, and I don't get my panties too much in a bundle over it...I love FOTR, and know that I will love TTT...Because I love them, I get more involved with them and have a lot more criticisms to levy.<BR>One observation made that was very astute, and I quite agree...PJ could have cut down on his use of ring-shots, and slo-mo shots and saved at least ten minutes of screen time...the end of the film works great, but the whole Sam drowning scene is painfully long...oh, and that brings up another possible issue...many justifications can be made for Frodo meeting up with Aragorn, Merry and Pippin on his way to the boat, but was it the best choice?<P>Call me Reed if you want, but I prefer RG<P>RG