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I like him in the books, but he also seems like a really good example of why making movies their own thing instead of slavishly following the source material is
by simplicio 4y ago
I like him in the books, but he also seems like a really good example of why making movies their own thing instead of slavishly following the source material is a good idea. There's no way having the hobbits break the tense flight from the Shire->Rivendale for a weird musical number with an unexplained character who's never referenced again in the story would've been anything but confusing for the film audience.
- ycombinete 4y agoI agree, the story would have had to go: Shire -> Buckland -> Old Forest (Tom) -> Bree -> Rivendell Instead of: Shire -> Bree -> Rivendell Part of me still wished he featured; or at least the spirit of Bombadil's relationship to the ring was embodied by something/someone in the story.