6 movies or just 3? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Fingo · 01-11-2003, 12:16 AM

I watched the FotR extended version today and I realized with a shock that when Galadriel gives Sam the rope and not the box of soil, that the Scouring is probably going to be left out of tRotK. Which led me to thinking about all the other parts of the books that were left out that I really wanted to see brought to the screen such as Tom Bombadil and the Barrowdowns in FotR and alot of the Ent interaction and stuff that really enriched Tolkien's vision and message of Middle-Earth. Don't get me wrong, I really like the movies but this got me to thinking and here is the point of this post:<BR>Would you rather have had six movies, shorter but include everything in the books, keep the three and maybe them alot longer in respect to the books, or keep them just the same? I'm aware that most non Tolkienites would probably lose interest if there were six movies (maybe even some hardcore fans) but I think I would have prefered more movies and all of the book. <BR>Anybody else got a take on it?

01-11-2003, 12:16 AM	#1
Fingo Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Over the river and through the woods (literally) Posts: 59	6 movies or just 3? I watched the FotR extended version today and I realized with a shock that when Galadriel gives Sam the rope and not the box of soil, that the Scouring is probably going to be left out of tRotK. Which led me to thinking about all the other parts of the books that were left out that I really wanted to see brought to the screen such as Tom Bombadil and the Barrowdowns in FotR and alot of the Ent interaction and stuff that really enriched Tolkien's vision and message of Middle-Earth. Don't get me wrong, I really like the movies but this got me to thinking and here is the point of this post:<BR>Would you rather have had six movies, shorter but include everything in the books, keep the three and maybe them alot longer in respect to the books, or keep them just the same? I'm aware that most non Tolkienites would probably lose interest if there were six movies (maybe even some hardcore fans) but I think I would have prefered more movies and all of the book. <BR>Anybody else got a take on it? __________________ "We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers- thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."