The Examples of Dumbing - Down

[Lord of Angmar]

I found the use of maps to be one of the worst parts of Peter Jackson's films.<P>I wondered how exactly it was that Bilbo (in the Extended Edition of <I>Fellowship</I>), had a map that showed Mordor, even though none of the hobbits knew of Mordor. And then I wondered how Faramir had the <I>exact</I> same map as Bilbo. Did they both purchase them somewhere? Mirkwood perhaps? <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Saruman's role as a pawn of Sauron, as opposed to envying him and trying to outmanover him (Sauron 666)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I agree wholeheartedly. The fact that Gandalf explained the whereabouts of the Ring and the fact that Saruman did not mind that the Nazgul would find the Ring before he did were the most nonsensical part of the entire film. Gandalf would have never betrayed the secret of the Ring to Saruman, and Saruman would have been scared witless if he knew that the Nazgul were going to kill Frodo and reclaim the Ring, and he would be out of the loop.<P>Both of those plotlines were dumbed down, indeed. All in all, I think it did a pretty good job of maintaining its integrity as an interpretation of the book while appealing to the largely non-Tolkienite audiences of the world.