Second-guessing Peter Jackson - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Marileangorifurnimaluim · 03-28-2002, 02:43 AM

I think my next viewing of the movie will be with a stopwatch. Each time I think a close up of Frodo is belaboring the point, or an action scene is overly long, I'll push the button. Then I'll know how much time we really have to work with.<P>You think I'm kidding, don't you? <P>Another concern is pacing. That's one thing I think PJ got just about right, if it was a little exhausting and needed longer gentle moments. I suspect when PJ had to trim that last 10-15 minutes, it was consistantly the softer moments that were left on the floor. It's hard to cut thousands of dollars of carefully planned CGI, but easy to lop off a few minutes of dialogue or scenery that doesn't drive the plot.<P>I think your point about the passage of time is spot on though. The time was a little too compressed after Lorien as well, leaving the impression that they really flaked out letting Frodo wander off alone, rather than it being the natural sloppiness after a month's break from threat. You lose your edge. But it wasn't apparent.<p>[ March 28, 2002: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ]

03-28-2002, 02:43 AM	#16
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	I think my next viewing of the movie will be with a stopwatch. Each time I think a close up of Frodo is belaboring the point, or an action scene is overly long, I'll push the button. Then I'll know how much time we really have to work with.<P>You think I'm kidding, don't you? <P>Another concern is pacing. That's one thing I think PJ got just about right, if it was a little exhausting and needed longer gentle moments. I suspect when PJ had to trim that last 10-15 minutes, it was consistantly the softer moments that were left on the floor. It's hard to cut thousands of dollars of carefully planned CGI, but easy to lop off a few minutes of dialogue or scenery that doesn't drive the plot.<P>I think your point about the passage of time is spot on though. The time was a little too compressed after Lorien as well, leaving the impression that they really flaked out letting Frodo wander off alone, rather than it being the natural sloppiness after a month's break from threat. You lose your edge. But it wasn't apparent.<p>[ March 28, 2002: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ] __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?