The Return of the Flashback - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Boromir88 · 10-08-2004, 09:51 AM

Nice post Ungoliant, I don't really mind most the flashbacks, but some I do have a slight problem with.

There are flashbacks in TTT, and ROTK, with Boromir's death. These are well placed, we get the flashback with Faramir remembering Boromir, and then we are in ROTK with denethor and Pippin sees the "flashback." These I believe are well placed, it's suitable that Faramir, Pippin, and Denethor would have flashbacks of Boromir.

The beginning Flashbacks are all good, but some aren't placed well. The prologue, I think that was great, despite the wrong info, PJ did a good job in creating a story, and introducing the actual story to those people who had no idea what LOTR is. I liked TTT, flashback with Frodo's dream, and Gandalf and the Balrog. I even like it better how they made it one of Frodo's dreams, we see Frodo have a few nights of restless sleep, and it would only make sense he would have this dream of Gandalf and the Balrog. The ROTK flashback, I enjoy, some people don't like it. I don't feel it's well placed, maybe should have gone in the first movie, inserted after Isildurs death and before that little bit with Gollum. I think that would have suited fairly nice, but it's not a big complaint of mine. I think it's placing in ROTK, is good, not the best, but I'm not the director.

The Arwen/Aragorn flashbacks I can only take so much of. I know PJ wants to show the love between the two, but I think we get it already. Keep some of the flashbacks in there, but also eliminate some, it's like they are telepathically cybering with eachother.

10-08-2004, 09:51 AM	#2
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Nice post Ungoliant, I don't really mind most the flashbacks, but some I do have a slight problem with. There are flashbacks in TTT, and ROTK, with Boromir's death. These are well placed, we get the flashback with Faramir remembering Boromir, and then we are in ROTK with denethor and Pippin sees the "flashback." These I believe are well placed, it's suitable that Faramir, Pippin, and Denethor would have flashbacks of Boromir. The beginning Flashbacks are all good, but some aren't placed well. The prologue, I think that was great, despite the wrong info, PJ did a good job in creating a story, and introducing the actual story to those people who had no idea what LOTR is. I liked TTT, flashback with Frodo's dream, and Gandalf and the Balrog. I even like it better how they made it one of Frodo's dreams, we see Frodo have a few nights of restless sleep, and it would only make sense he would have this dream of Gandalf and the Balrog. The ROTK flashback, I enjoy, some people don't like it. I don't feel it's well placed, maybe should have gone in the first movie, inserted after Isildurs death and before that little bit with Gollum. I think that would have suited fairly nice, but it's not a big complaint of mine. I think it's placing in ROTK, is good, not the best, but I'm not the director. The Arwen/Aragorn flashbacks I can only take so much of. I know PJ wants to show the love between the two, but I think we get it already. Keep some of the flashbacks in there, but also eliminate some, it's like they are telepathically cybering with eachother.