May 20, 2002

Re: Criticisms of FotR Movie
rC

I really think Jackson did a good job condensing the movie and we should thank him if only for the effort he made. Nevertheless there are some things in the movie that can't only be explained by the lack of time or budget, or both. Little details that you (David), having only been in the Tolkien world for some months, might not have yet understand.

I think there is a major flaw in the positions of Gandalf and Aragorn about Moria. In the movie, Gandalf never wants to go there while Aragorn tries to persuade him. In the book their roles are inversed, for while Aragorn was afraid of Moria, Gandalf wished to go there. And why has Jackson changed the story when there was no need? Along with this, there are several little imperfections that could have been avoided, and that is where i am most critic.

The non-appearence of Bombadil or the Barrow Downs can be explained by the lack of time, or even the change in the journey through the Shire, but the little things that he could have kept just like the movie made his work a little less perfect.