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tar-ancalime · 07-13-2004, 05:20 PM

Essex, you're absolutely right that the filmmakers couldn't indicate the twelve-day interval without wasting a lot of time. Perhaps I was being a little harsh this morning.

Also, I understand that a movie adaptation can never be completely identical to a book--characters must say things in the movie that the author tells the reader directly in the book, and usually some elements must be omitted for time, simplicity, or other reasons. But I just don't see how it was helpful for PJ to invent new storylines and manufacture arcs for so many of the characters, when Tolkien provided so much material to begin with.

That sounds like a massive project you're undertaking! Good luck!

07-13-2004, 05:20 PM	#11
tar-ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: abaft the beam Posts: 303	Essex, you're absolutely right that the filmmakers couldn't indicate the twelve-day interval without wasting a lot of time. Perhaps I was being a little harsh this morning. Also, I understand that a movie adaptation can never be completely identical to a book--characters must say things in the movie that the author tells the reader directly in the book, and usually some elements must be omitted for time, simplicity, or other reasons. But I just don't see how it was helpful for PJ to invent new storylines and manufacture arcs for so many of the characters, when Tolkien provided so much material to begin with. That sounds like a massive project you're undertaking! Good luck! __________________ Having fun wolfing it to the bitter end, I see, gaur-ancalime (lmp, ww13)