Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Czish (A) on December 25, 2003 at 11:48:18

In Reply to: Got a question for all you RotK fans. posted by clarkjohnsen on December 23, 2003 at 10:04:45:

Though I am only 20 I have read The Lord Of The Rings about 15 times all the way through. I got to participate in a class about J.R,R, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis this past fall at my college. I am largely regaurded as the Tolkien historian at my college so I know a bit.

Though Peter Jackson has gathered much praise for his movies, there is much to be scorned. I don't believe Tolkien would have been happy with all the plot and character changes, though he would be impressed by the images of his book on screen.

Getting to your question, I will answer with what I learned from seeing the film and talking with my friend at New Line. Saruman isn't even in ROTK theatrical version. Jackson opted to cut the seven - nine minute sequence so he could put in his multiple endings which detracted I believe from the films fluidity. Jackson has promised to add this sequence to the extended cut on the dvd. However Christopher Lee who play Saruman was quite disgruntled by his sequence being cut and is not on speaking terms with Peter Jackson or the writers.

Any further questions I will be happy to answer.