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I for one would have liked to see Frodo & Sam's journey to mordor in the second and third movies abbreviated a bit. It was incredibly drawn out. Otherwise I lov

I for one would have liked to see Frodo & Sam's journey to mordor in the second and third movies abbreviated a bit. It was incredibly drawn out. Otherwise I love the movies and see no room for improvement.

ngold 7y ago
Tom Bombadil, I would have loved to have seen super god and his girlfriend.
- low_common 7y ago
  Yeah but unless you've read the books, his character is a bit esoteric for the movies.
  - krapp 7y ago
    Tom Bombadil is "a bit esoteric" in the same way that a hurricane is "a bit moist."
- elric 7y ago
  IIRC I once read a letter from JRRT where he stated that Bombadil was a "deliberate enigma". He had no explanation for the character's apparent powers or origin. Considering the incredible amount of details and origin stories for just about every other character and race in the epos, that struck me as particularly whimsical. Sort of like an easter egg that ended up in a place that was slightly too prominent. An inordinate amount of time has been spent on the internet in debates whether Bombadil was an Elf, one of the Maiar, a human with some other item of power, one of the Valar or even even Eru Iluvatar incarnate.
  - mcguire 7y ago
    That's the beautiful part about him, that I didn't get when I was younger and trying to fit him in to the model. You have living elves that remember them originally going into the west. You have the history after they came back, including several who where there. Some know the Valar personally. You can be reasonably confident of the history. Heck, you have Maiar wandering around. And then you have Bombadil. Who is he? Nobody knows! Not the elves, not the Maiar. What does he want? To sing goofy songs. It's beautiful!
  - n0rbwah 7y ago
    In his afterlife, JRR Tolkien lives in middle earth as Tom.
- thrower123 7y ago
  The loss of the Barrow-wights was unfortunate, and took something away from the death of the Witch-King as well.
petepete 7y ago
Generally agree, loved the movies (especially the extended editions) but: * Helm's Deep went on way too long, it was like 45 minutes of battle * Legolas's action scenes were a little too over the top for my taste (Oliphaunt tail slide, surfing on a shield). I'm not sure the iffy CGI helped. * Poor Faramir
- gizmo385 7y ago
  I personally think Helm's Deep was just as long as it needed to be. It's just not 45 minutes of blind, pointless battle. There is storytelling, character growth, and evolution in those 45 minutes. It's one of the most efficient and well created battle scenes in modern cinema. As far as Legolas's action scenes, are you referring to the elephant? That one was CGI, but the scene of him sliding down the stairs on a shield was actually a practical effect done with wire work. The only CGI in that scene was the removal of the wires I believe. Yes, Faramir's story is tragic but I think that's kind of the point of his story; isn't it?
  - jacobush 7y ago
    Legolas' shield stunt was over the top.
    - m4r35n357 7y ago
      especially considering there were no elves there at all!
      - jacobush 7y ago
        ?
        petepete 7y ago
        In the books the elves didn't come to support the men at Helm's Deep. The battle played a much smaller part in the books than it did the movies - probably because the middle one needed a climax.

ngold 7y ago

Tom Bombadil, I would have loved to have seen super god and his girlfriend.

low_common 7y ago
Yeah but unless you've read the books, his character is a bit esoteric for the movies.
- krapp 7y ago
  Tom Bombadil is "a bit esoteric" in the same way that a hurricane is "a bit moist."
elric 7y ago
IIRC I once read a letter from JRRT where he stated that Bombadil was a "deliberate enigma". He had no explanation for the character's apparent powers or origin. Considering the incredible amount of details and origin stories for just about every other character and race in the epos, that struck me as particularly whimsical. Sort of like an easter egg that ended up in a place that was slightly too prominent. An inordinate amount of time has been spent on the internet in debates whether Bombadil was an Elf, one of the Maiar, a human with some other item of power, one of the Valar or even even Eru Iluvatar incarnate.
- mcguire 7y ago
  That's the beautiful part about him, that I didn't get when I was younger and trying to fit him in to the model. You have living elves that remember them originally going into the west. You have the history after they came back, including several who where there. Some know the Valar personally. You can be reasonably confident of the history. Heck, you have Maiar wandering around. And then you have Bombadil. Who is he? Nobody knows! Not the elves, not the Maiar. What does he want? To sing goofy songs. It's beautiful!
- n0rbwah 7y ago
  In his afterlife, JRR Tolkien lives in middle earth as Tom.
thrower123 7y ago
The loss of the Barrow-wights was unfortunate, and took something away from the death of the Witch-King as well.

petepete 7y ago

Generally agree, loved the movies (especially the extended editions) but: * Helm's Deep went on way too long, it was like 45 minutes of battle * Legolas's action scenes were a little too over the top for my taste (Oliphaunt tail slide, surfing on a shield). I'm not sure the iffy CGI helped. * Poor Faramir

gizmo385 7y ago
I personally think Helm's Deep was just as long as it needed to be. It's just not 45 minutes of blind, pointless battle. There is storytelling, character growth, and evolution in those 45 minutes. It's one of the most efficient and well created battle scenes in modern cinema. As far as Legolas's action scenes, are you referring to the elephant? That one was CGI, but the scene of him sliding down the stairs on a shield was actually a practical effect done with wire work. The only CGI in that scene was the removal of the wires I believe. Yes, Faramir's story is tragic but I think that's kind of the point of his story; isn't it?
- jacobush 7y ago
  Legolas' shield stunt was over the top.
  - m4r35n357 7y ago
    especially considering there were no elves there at all!
    - jacobush 7y ago
      ?
      - petepete 7y ago
        In the books the elves didn't come to support the men at Helm's Deep. The battle played a much smaller part in the books than it did the movies - probably because the middle one needed a climax.