ChasingBlueSky

I have no problem that this is Peter Jackson's vision of LOTR. He was the one that took the time, energy, etc to get this finally on film. Therefore, in my opinion, he has the right to make some changes. As I mentioned - I am NOT a purist for the books. If I was, I would be upset with the Elves at Helms Deep(I would have loved to seen the rangers, however), Wargs showing up (they were only in the Hobbitt), Oliphants (only in ROTK), and not showing the theft of Shadowfax. In my opinion these changes do help make the world the movies take place in seem a bit real, and the danger of Saurman of Many Colors (yet another thing they don't use) seem that more present. The Elves at Helms Deep actually address a long standing question of mine from the books. Why at the dawn of the 4th age did the elves decide they no longer wanted to fight? It couldn't just have been from the possible destruction of the ring and the end of magic, since that would have happened at the dawn of the third age if the last alliance was successful. I have started to read the Similarian to help flesh these questions out (and to read the extra stories about Aragon/Arwen). Phillipa's explanation of Faramir helps me understand that change a bit more. I always enjoyed Faramir's character and the stark contrast between him and his brother and father. I guess it does still set up for the events with his father in ROTK. However, I am am disappointed with the scenes at Gondor. That environment just doesn't seem as glorious as all the other locations in the movies to date. I just hope Minus Tirith looks better. Bo _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

The rumor is the third movie will be about 3 1/2 hours long. I am not a purist of the books, realizing that anytime a book is translated to film there will always be something lost, omitted, condensed or done with "re-imagination." However, I do feel there could have been some better choices made story wise for TTT (esp the part about Faramir), and I wonder how they are going to fit everything in for Return of the King. There is just way to much story left (I'm guessing the Oathbreakers will be cut from the story). I think ending with the events at Orthank and Frodo's run-in with Shelob (along with Samwise's "mistake") would have made a much better cliffhanger. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

We could always go the route of making a "Known Theft Offender" list for the industry. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

WOW! What an amazing site! Glad to see you guys are all safe as well. Wish I could be there to party with you! So just how much beer do ya'll owe? Congrats again! Bo _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....