Is there any way they could have had Imrahil and Beregond in the movie? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mhagain · 10-21-2020, 12:56 AM

Return of the King, the movie, already had too much going on in it. Deciding to end Two Towers with Helms Deep meant that a lot of that book had to be moved into Return, and in turn Towers had to be padded (hence stupidity like Aragorn-falls-off-a-cliff).

Adding extra characters to Return would have only made this worse. Especially characters that, at this late stage (an hour into the third movie), don't play a huge role in the main plot. The alternative was a complete restructuring of the second and third movies. Not going to happen either.

10-21-2020, 12:56 AM	#3
mhagain Wight Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The best seat in the Golden Perch Posts: 219	Return of the King, the movie, already had too much going on in it. Deciding to end Two Towers with Helms Deep meant that a lot of that book had to be moved into Return, and in turn Towers had to be padded (hence stupidity like Aragorn-falls-off-a-cliff). Adding extra characters to Return would have only made this worse. Especially characters that, at this late stage (an hour into the third movie), don't play a huge role in the main plot. The alternative was a complete restructuring of the second and third movies. Not going to happen either. __________________ Then one appeared among us, in our own form visible, but greater and more beautiful; and he said that he had come out of pity.