Hohoho! Much amusement ensued when I found my first post after coming out from the cinema after the premiere of RoTK (back in 2003) and one of my first comments on eljay being: [possible spoiler(?!) whited out.]
I'm very much pleased with the movie, and care not to rant about things like "Denethorn's Pyre didn't go like that", "What happened to the house of the healing?", "Why? Oh Why? Did Frodo and Sam break up?", "Buhu, they didn't have Sam's song i the movie" and "what happened to the Scouring of the Shire and 'saving the Shire'?" because frankly I decided long ago just to take the feel in and hope that they atleast saved the sense-moral from the book, and they kept some of the scenes I felt was vital. -- from here.
Heheh, so like I said, I totally agreed with you on that one [house of healing]. Even to the point of obviously being upset after coming out of the cinema (although I opted to give Jackson c/o the benefit of the doubt about removing it). Going through my old posts to add tags I found all sorts of fun things! :D Had totally forgotten that I actually commented about that particular scene. Anyways, I'm really antsy to talking with you about the books once you're finished with them ♥
I have just finished the book and know what you are talking about. I understand why they removed that from the movie, because if people, at least in the cinema I was, were already tired of epilogues by the time the hobbits return to the Shire, if you add the anticlimatic "battle" of the Shire, with the heroes Merry and Pippin, it would have been too much. Perhaps as a deleted scene, like an alternative, extended ending? Sure. And maybe one day they'll do it. No, I am sure they will, as soon as they run out of ideas for new epic movies, once more. But in this version I find that they managed to round it up well, showing with the tabern scene how they were nobodies in their own land, once more, and couldn't really communicate all they had experienced.
Also, once they killed Saruman at Orthanc, he couldn't be there at the Shire. His death is very similar to that in the books. Anyway, Saruman in the books is more a pathetic character than he was in the movies. He was more impressive on the screen, perhaps also thanks to Christopher Lee (who had wanted to be Gandalf, so I guess he kept some of the dignity he would have given Gandalf).
I shall be making a couple of posts on this and that detail, so feel free, no, I encourage you! to talk about anything you want!!! ♥
I'm very much pleased with the movie, and care not to rant about things like "Denethorn's Pyre didn't go like that", "What happened to the house of the healing?", "Why? Oh Why? Did Frodo and Sam break up?", "Buhu, they didn't have Sam's song i the movie" and "what happened to the Scouring of the Shire and 'saving the Shire'?" because frankly I decided long ago just to take the feel in and hope that they atleast saved the sense-moral from the book, and they kept some of the scenes I felt was vital. -- from here.
Heheh, so like I said, I totally agreed with you on that one [house of healing]. Even to the point of obviously being upset after coming out of the cinema (although I opted to give Jackson c/o the benefit of the doubt about removing it). Going through my old posts to add tags I found all sorts of fun things! :D Had totally forgotten that I actually commented about that particular scene. Anyways, I'm really antsy to talking with you about the books once you're finished with them ♥
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Also, once they killed Saruman at Orthanc, he couldn't be there at the Shire. His death is very similar to that in the books. Anyway, Saruman in the books is more a pathetic character than he was in the movies. He was more impressive on the screen, perhaps also thanks to Christopher Lee (who had wanted to be Gandalf, so I guess he kept some of the dignity he would have given Gandalf).
I shall be making a couple of posts on this and that detail, so feel free, no, I encourage you! to talk about anything you want!!! ♥
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