should peter jackson be allowed to make another movie - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Only Real Estel · 08-21-2003, 03:04 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I say all this without wanting to insult anybody. My apologies if this only served to throw more flammable material on the metaphorical fire of the book purists' rage.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It doesn't bother me. It sounds perfetly reasonable, only there are a few flaws in it. I don't want to start a huge long argument, but things that PJ changed (like Faramir in this instance), could've been left alone, & PJ could've created the same tension (that wouldn't drag) with Shelob. Although some will argue that it would be to much action to late in the movie, he could also have slimmed down a bit of Helm's Deep, left out all the Arwen scenes (or most of them at least), forgotten his silly idea to stick in the 'Aragorn is dead' subplot, & saved himself a lot of time there. But oh well, what's done is done (sadly).

08-21-2003, 03:04 PM	#32
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I say all this without wanting to insult anybody. My apologies if this only served to throw more flammable material on the metaphorical fire of the book purists' rage.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It doesn't bother me. It sounds perfetly reasonable, only there are a few flaws in it. I don't want to start a huge long argument, but things that PJ changed (like Faramir in this instance), could've been left alone, & PJ could've created the same tension (that wouldn't drag) with Shelob. Although some will argue that it would be to much action to late in the movie, he could also have slimmed down a bit of Helm's Deep, left out all the Arwen scenes (or most of them at least), forgotten his silly idea to stick in the 'Aragorn is dead' subplot, & saved himself a lot of time there. But oh well, what's done is done (sadly).