The lighthouse of Mordor - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Firefoot · 01-09-2004, 03:51 PM

I think that the giant eye on Barad-dur was a good way to show the eye of Sauron. I also think, however, that making it into a spotlight was rather dumb. And when the tower is falling...Lord Melkor, you put it perfectly. That part of the movie was so dumb.<P>One thing that I think is a problem with portraying it as a giant eye is a problem my brother had. He has not read the books, only seen the movies, and he thinks that that is all that Sauron is - a big, red, fiery eyeball. I don't know if other people have had this problem too but it seems likely enough that if the movie was the only contact a person had with LotR that they could easily be led into believing that Sauron is an eyeball.

01-09-2004, 03:51 PM	#1
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	I think that the giant eye on Barad-dur was a good way to show the eye of Sauron. I also think, however, that making it into a spotlight was rather dumb. And when the tower is falling...Lord Melkor, you put it perfectly. That part of the movie was so dumb.<P>One thing that I think is a problem with portraying it as a giant eye is a problem my brother had. He has not read the books, only seen the movies, and he thinks that that is all that Sauron is - a big, red, fiery eyeball. I don't know if other people have had this problem too but it seems likely enough that if the movie was the only contact a person had with LotR that they could easily be led into believing that Sauron is an eyeball.