What would you as a director have done better? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elennar Starfire · 09-18-2003, 07:40 PM

Ok, here comes a long post.I would cut each book in half, and make six movies instead of three. That way not so much would be cut out.Merry and Pippin would not seem like such idiots, they would have more of a purpose than just being comic relief. Tolkien didn't write them as such fools.I would have included all of Bilbo's speech, and not had M&P set off the firework. (though that was a very fun scene) Also the hobbits would not have thought it was a real dragon, after all, they did see it going up. They would have ducked when it flew low over their heads, that is a logical reaction to something like that.Frodo would leave Bag end with Sam and Pippin, Merry would have gone ahead, like in the book. I can see a great dramatic scene in which (like the book) Merry comes looking for them because they're so late, and they hear the horse coming and think it's a Nazgul. That could have been very well done.I would include the Old Forest, and a bit of Tom Bombadil, though his part would be cut down some.I would include the Barrow-Downs.In Bree, Frodo would sing that little song that he sang in the book, he would fall off the table and accidentally put on the ring.I would include Gandalf's note to Frodo.I would not have cut Glorfindel just to give Arwen more screen time. Frodo would have resisted the wound longer, not gone Nazgulish right away.Elrond would not scowl all the time.M&P would not run into the council.Boromir wouldn't say so much during the council, he would say all that stuff to Frodo on Amon Hen.Gandalf would not hang on to the edge of the bridge to say, "Fly you fools!" he would shout it while falling.Galadriel wouldn't look like she was about to fall asleep all the time. Boromir would run to help M&P, then later Aragorn would come and find him with the orc arrows in him, no long, slo-mo death scene. Later when M&P tell the story there would be some flashbacks. Well, you get the idea. I would follow the books much more closely. I won't bother you with everything I would do differently in TTT, I'll just say that I agree with all the things you people have already said about Faramir, the Ents, and Aragorn falling off the cliff.

09-18-2003, 07:40 PM	#6
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	Ok, here comes a long post.<P>I would cut each book in half, and make six movies instead of three. That way not so much would be cut out.<P>Merry and Pippin would not seem like such idiots, they would have more of a purpose than just being comic relief. Tolkien didn't write them as such fools.<P>I would have included all of Bilbo's speech, and not had M&P set off the firework.<BR>(though that was a very fun scene) Also the hobbits would not have thought it was a real dragon, after all, they <I>did</I> see it going up. They<I> would</I> have ducked when it flew low over their heads, that is a logical reaction to something like that.<P>Frodo would leave Bag end with Sam and Pippin, Merry would have gone ahead, like in the book. I can see a great dramatic scene in which (like the book) Merry comes looking for them because they're so late, and they hear the horse coming and think it's a Nazgul. That could have been very well done.<P>I would include the Old Forest, and a bit of Tom Bombadil, though his part would be cut down some.<P>I would include the Barrow-Downs.<P>In Bree, Frodo would sing that little song that he sang in the book, he would fall off the table and accidentally put on the ring.<P>I would include Gandalf's note to Frodo.<P>I would not have cut Glorfindel just to give Arwen more screen time. <P>Frodo would have resisted the wound longer, not gone Nazgulish right away.<P>Elrond would not scowl all the time.<P>M&P would not run into the council.<P>Boromir wouldn't say so much during the council, he would say all that stuff to Frodo on Amon Hen.<P>Gandalf would not hang on to the edge of the bridge to say, "Fly you fools!" he would shout it while falling.<P>Galadriel wouldn't look like she was about to fall asleep all the time. <P>Boromir would run to help M&P, then later Aragorn would come and find him with the orc arrows in him, no long, slo-mo death scene. Later when M&P tell the story there would be some flashbacks.<BR> <BR>Well, you get the idea. I would follow the books much more closely. I won't bother you with everything I would do differently in TTT, I'll just say that I agree with all the things you people have already said about Faramir, the Ents, and Aragorn falling off the cliff. __________________ Don't let me die!