Annoying lines - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aosama, the Wandering Star · 05-30-2002, 08:33 AM

I guess what annoyed me most was the transition from Gandalf's line in the book, "Keep it secret, and keep it safe!" to the movie, "Is it secret? Is it safe?" <BR>I know it's just changing some punctuation, but the first is the book Gandalf: very much in control, a little comanding, authoritative; but, in this one line, Gandalf is changed into something much weaker, which shouldn't happen until he talks with the mouth of sauron. Yes, I know they're trying to make his comeback more dramatic, but still... it gets on my nerves to see Gandalf somewhat belittled, if only for a second or two of a three-hour movie (Ian McKellen was great, it's the script I had a problem with).

05-30-2002, 08:33 AM	#31
Aosama, the Wandering Star Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle-Earth Posts: 210	I guess what annoyed me most was the transition from Gandalf's line in the book, "Keep it secret, and keep it safe!" to the movie, "Is it secret? Is it safe?" <BR>I know it's just changing some punctuation, but the first is the book Gandalf: very much in control, a little comanding, authoritative; but, in this one line, Gandalf is changed into something much weaker, which shouldn't happen until he talks with the mouth of sauron. Yes, I know they're trying to make his comeback more dramatic, but still... it gets on my nerves to see Gandalf somewhat belittled, if only for a second or two of a three-hour movie (Ian McKellen was great, it's the script I had a problem with).