2 ms·
I liked LotR and Hobbit books very much and would count myself as a fan. I did not really like the movies but removing Tom Bombadil was one of the better decisi
by yoz-y 8y ago
I liked LotR and Hobbit books very much and would count myself as a fan. I did not really like the movies but removing Tom Bombadil was one of the better decisions they made when making the movies. If anything, I think they did not cut enough out.
I liked the passage as a curiosity because of the (English) language, but story-wise I think it was pretty weak and did not bring much overall.
- _bxg1 8y agoI think he represents an interesting whiff of the much older, deeper beings in the world which are only fully covered in The Silmarillion. The fact that he's such a being and also simple and light-spirited speaks to the underlying purity of goodness in the world that is the underlying theme of The Lord of the Rings, and I think that's beautiful. I do sympathize with the decision to cut him from the movies; his chapter was a large and neatly isolated part of the story, and the movies were strapped for screen time as it was. But it was still a loss.