Can the Film ever improve on the book? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Airetauriel · 02-26-2002, 02:51 PM

???? Now there's a question. I'm undecided and would say NO!!! as a rule....but 'tarry, a little'. I'll post one example, not committing myself to better or worse, then leave the forum open to debate!!!In the chamber of Mazarbul....BOOK: Gandalf: 'There are orcs, very many of them. And some are large and evil, black Uruks of Mordor. For the moment they are hanging back, but there is something else there. A great cave-troll, I think, or more than one'FILM Boromir: *ironically, as arrows whiz past his head* 'They have a cave troll....'Less is more?Airetauriel

02-26-2002, 02:51 PM	#1
Airetauriel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 47	Can the Film ever improve on the book? ???? Now there's a question. I'm undecided and would say NO!!! as a rule....but 'tarry, a little'. I'll post one example, not committing myself to better or worse, then leave the forum open to debate!!!<P>In the chamber of Mazarbul....<P>BOOK: <BR>Gandalf: 'There are orcs, very many of them. And some are large and evil, black Uruks of Mordor. For the moment they are hanging back, but there is something else there. A great cave-troll, I think, or more than one'<P>FILM<BR>Boromir: ironically, as arrows whiz past his head 'They have a cave troll....'<P>Less is more?<P>Airetauriel