tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post6146906848800351170..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: The Lord of the Rings - The Two TowersAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-88789924330078879462013-08-26T19:22:58.967+00:002013-08-26T19:22:58.967+00:00The Elrond-Arwen interlude was okay, actually. Gi...The Elrond-Arwen interlude was okay, actually. Given that *it actually happened in the books* -- well, was "alluded to" and COULD have happened "off screen". <br /><br />My point is they didn't really invent a new Arwen motivation or alter the character; again, they felt they needed to introduce a "tough warrior princess" in part 1 by sending Arwen to the Ford....even though this book already *has* a warrior-princess, Eowyn, one of the first and best in fantasy literature. <br /><br />I am of course dreading how they didn't integrate Arwen well into the third film, that's what I want kept in mind: in contrast, TTT dealt with her ACTUAL dilemma, of choosing love and mortality or immortality but losing her love. It wasn't that long, made logical sense, and it was a no-win dilemma; Elrond isn't "yelling" at Aragorn but presenting him with a hard truth. Meanwhile, it was good that they put in a flashforward (well, premonition that turned out to be true) of showing Arwen at Aragorn's grave when he dies of old age. <br /><br />Yeah it had some problems inherent from the book jumping between character sets. But this is to be expected.<br /><br />Yeah...I lament that they cut the Shelob sequence and pushed it into ROTK, given that *it is one of the biggest cliffhangers in fantasy literature*. That's not to instantly blame Jackson: yeah, it probably would have ruined the pacing.<br /><br />But there's so much in the Frodo storyarc that they get wrong in ROTK; "we need to invent tension for why Frodo would make Sam stay behind" - thank GOD, though, that after numerous takes in which Frodo is *outright yelling* at Sam, the final one they used is to make him really spacey and half-there, to show he's blatantly being confused by the evil of the Ring and mentally unfocused/delirious. But we'll get to that in the next review. <br /><br />The Faramir stuff with the ring wasn't too bad as you say in theory, but bad in execution. Thankfully, the Extended Edition at least managed to make him a more sympathetic character; but you remember all of the fan backlash BEFORE the Extended Edition came out. <br /><br />--The Dragon Demands<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-76909235853890948552013-08-26T07:27:43.725+00:002013-08-26T07:27:43.725+00:00I unfortunately have to admit that this one bored ...I unfortunately have to admit that this one bored me nearly to death because of the Hobbit-Storylines ,-)Darkstarhttp://www.fantasy-news.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66752755992127190222013-08-23T21:49:06.129+00:002013-08-23T21:49:06.129+00:00"The book approach (where Faramir avoids bein..."The book approach (where Faramir avoids being influenced by it at all) is less 'dramatic' but makes more sense."<br /><br />Most of the film's weaknesses seem to flow from Jackson choosing 'drama' over sense (the Ents unaware their trees were being cut down, Theoden refusing to go to war, Aragorn going missing ...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-89385242958868289702013-08-22T12:34:07.719+00:002013-08-22T12:34:07.719+00:00In some ways, Adam, I think the extended edition o...In some ways, Adam, I think the extended edition of TTT is the best of the "six" movies. The extended Fellowship has pacing problems, the Return of the King has structural problems--but the extended TTT seems to get it right for me.Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.com