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Warnings: Again, my apologies to dial-up viewers for the many images.

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For this post, the book scene will come first. The film script and screencaps follow. Unfortunately, there is no poem. There is, however, a long discussion section. Those not interested should scroll past it to the images.

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All in all, I think the film scenes for Gorgoroth are very, very good. They are truncated, it is true, due to the screenwriters’ need to compress so much material into a few brief scenes. There are moments and nuances missing that I love. Still, I think the filmmakers did wonderfully well.
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Discussion for "The Tower of Cirith Ungol":

In this scene, the differences between the book and film are apparent to any fan. Most obviously, book Frodo wakes up completely naked while film Frodo wakes up minus his shirt. ( Read more... )

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I already said in the last post how good I think Elijah Wood is in the scene, first goaded, then attacked by Gollum. ( Read more... )

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This is the first in a series of nine for Shelob's tunnel and the pass of Cirith Ungol up until the moment when Shelob is hovering over Frodo's head. I liked so many of the screencaps, even after eliminating half of them, there were too many to squeeze into fewer posts.

I think this an excellent piece of filmmaking. ( Read more... )

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Well, I’m back ( Read more... )

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This is a film scene I think truly good.
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I capped this scene because it is well-shot, well-acted, and Frodo and Sam look great in the frames. However, I think it was a huge mistake to put it in the EE. ( Read more... )

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This scene continues to develop the strained relationship between the "troubled trio" (Frodo, Gollum, and Sam), which was set up in their first scene together, in TTT.
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