Movie improvements on the book?! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-08-2003, 04:35 AM

Before anyone stones me for even thinking the words of the title, let me say that I’ve complained about the changes as much as many others have. However, there is at least one scene that I liked better in the movie. When reading TTT, it always puzzled me that the death of Théodred, Théoden’s son, was spoken of so casually. After all, an important person, the heir to the throne of Rohan, dies within the timeframe of the events of which the book tells – and it is only mentioned in passing! <P>That’s why I really liked seeing him, if only in dying, in the movie. Besides giving Miranda Otto some wonderful acting opportunities as Éowyn, I felt that his loss was explained much more strongly by having his death shown onscreen.<P>How do you feel about this scene? Did you think there were other scenes that improved on the book?

01-08-2003, 04:35 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Movie improvements on the book?! Before anyone stones me for even thinking the words of the title, let me say that I’ve complained about the changes as much as many others have. However, there is at least one scene that I liked better in the movie. When reading TTT, it always puzzled me that the death of Théodred, Théoden’s son, was spoken of so casually. After all, an important person, the heir to the throne of Rohan, dies within the timeframe of the events of which the book tells – and it is only mentioned in passing! <P>That’s why I really liked seeing him, if only in dying, in the movie. Besides giving Miranda Otto some wonderful acting opportunities as Éowyn, I felt that his loss was explained much more strongly by having his death shown onscreen.<P>How do you feel about this scene? Did you think there were other scenes that improved on the book? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'