Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by edta on February 21, 2002 at 17:20:56

In Reply to: Lord of the Rings, after due contemplation.... posted by late on February 19, 2002 at 13:07:25:

Disappointing that Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wights were cut--I reread the first book after viewing the movie. Still, I have seen mention that the Bombadil story was a kind of detour and perhaps something that didn't quite fit, overall, into the Tolkien epic. This, from a literary criticism point of view. Does Tom reappear somewhere down the road? I'll admit it's been too many years since I've read all the books. There was also some mention of how the character of a Balrog changed in different parts of the book(s). I guess this is not relevant to the movie, just to indicate that Tolkien has take some criticism for inconsistencies and problem areas.

I do remember that the battle scenes in some cases were boring in the book(s), I think they were in book two. The movie battle scenes so far have been very engaging.

And it was Glorfindel, the elf of power at the river rather than Arwen. And Frodo was on the horse alone. Ah, well....

Still the movie was very good IMO. In some ways superb. What about the scene where Frodo tells the group that he will take the ring to Mordor? Now that was great IMO.