Saruman/Grima Out???

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Why do we always diss the movie going public whop haven't read the book? Why do we always think they are stupid. purleasse, give them SOME modicum of intelligence. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>In case you hadn't noticed, LotR has a LOT of names, dates, facts, and characters...in addition to an intricate plotline. Now in a book, this is just fine; I can reread a name as often as it takes to get it into my head. But in a movie, you hear what someone says once, and then it's gone. So it is no insult to anyone's intelligence to cut some of the unneccesary names, themes, plot twists, etc. for the sake of clarity and comprehension, especially if said cuts will improve the overall quality of the film.<P>Also, PJ needs to do some character control here; the first two movies set Saruman up as the "main" badguy. Sure, they "said" Sauron was bad news; but he was more like a distant threat rather than an immediate one. However, now we come to RotK and Saruman kicks the bucket in the first ten minutes of film. All of a sudden, Sauron is front and center, but we don't really know much about him; we don't really care. PJ seems to have decided that he needs to now focus on Sauron and his "evil-ness" and a Saruman death scene would detract from that. If it is assumed Saruman died before RotK, then PJ can establish the third movie as a "new" chapter of the story with the "true" villain now on the scene. And anyway, in my experience, most non-bookies think Saruman is dead already anyway.