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Old 02-15-2007, 02:46 PM   #32
Elladan and Elrohir
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Originally Posted by davem
Which again proves CT is correct when he says the book is unfilmable. Audiences can only take from the movie that Shelob is just a giant spider - unless they've read the book.
I certainly don't disagree with you and CT that the book is unfilmable. It is. That's why all these changes are required if you want to make a movie version. You can't convey the meaning of a dark form wreathed in flame and shadow in a film like you can in a book. You can't convey the meaning of an evil thing in spider-form in a film like you can in a book. And so, when you make your movie, you have to turn those into monsters, essentially.

But yeah, that's why the movie will never be able to touch the book, is because of stuff like that. Stuff that film will never, ever, ever be able to capture.
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