Comparing the movie, " Fellowship of the Ring", to the Book - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-28-2002, 01:05 AM

This is a topic that many can participate in, but it would be much more interesting if all tell just what it is that they noticed when comparing the book and the movie. Just saying "I liked one better than the other" will be boring repetition!

One thing I, like many other long-time book fans, enjoyed about the movie was the chapter titles that were worked into the dialogues as an inside joke: "Riddles in the Dark" (from the Hobbit) and "A Shortcut to Mushrooms" were two of them. I also found it interesting to compare dialogues, such as the beginning lines, which were taken from a different context, even from a different character, but worked pretty well where they were put in the movie.

08-28-2002, 01:05 AM	#23
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	This is a topic that many can participate in, but it would be much more interesting if all tell just what it is that they noticed when comparing the book and the movie. Just saying "I liked one better than the other" will be boring repetition! One thing I, like many other long-time book fans, enjoyed about the movie was the chapter titles that were worked into the dialogues as an inside joke: "Riddles in the Dark" (from the Hobbit) and "A Shortcut to Mushrooms" were two of them. I also found it interesting to compare dialogues, such as the beginning lines, which were taken from a different context, even from a different character, but worked pretty well where they were put in the movie. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'