should there be a narrator?

I mean there is ALLOT of unspoken text in the book so i think that they HAVE to have one. they could always say 9 years later or something, but i don't think that the audience would get the same effect. There would be ALLOT less detail without a narrator and people would understand it less. what do you think?

No spoken narration, but text overlays or scrolls are fine...

good directors know how to give many many details without needing a narrator. i hope we don´t need to hear one, save perhaps at the begining...

BTW, each time i see the old version of Blade Runner i think that Ric Olie is only an apprentice about "obviousing" thins

i sure hope that it will be good without a narrator! BTW, i plan on finishing the fellowship before the movie comes out.

You could probably finish all three volumes...

If it was narrated tehy'd have an even worse time dealing with a problem that is already giving them problems: Cramming these books into two hour movies. It just wouldn't be possible if all those details were told.

I must admit that at first I was a little taken aback at the thought of there being a narrator, but there is SO much backstory and so much depth behind each and every scene in LOTR that I fear it would be impossible to convey even a small portion of that in any other fashion.... it really is necessary to give the watchers the sense of history behind the movie.

Hello and welcome to the board!

Hi there, thanks

Film Hobbit, have you checked out the Movie forum yet?

Welcome to the Entmoot, Film Hobbit!

Ha ha I beat you all!!!

Which movie forum do you refer to?

The Entmoot Movie forum (I suppose)

BTW, I hope there is no narrator, because in most movies if there is spoken narration after the first 5 minutes, I go INSANE! :-)


Marsufo

I think he means the "LotR Movie" forum or the general "Movies" forum. I say, "Both!!" (and the "Star Wars" forum for good measure!)

Quickbeam is right, I should have said the "Movies" forum, under the category, "Other Topics", right above the Mod Forum. Sorry 'bout dat.

No Problem, answer= Yes

I feel that if a narrator is to be, it should be like Frodo or Bilbo telling the story. Hey, isn't it them that supposedly wrote those books???

Frodo narrating isn't a bad thought, except there could be problems with that approach in the Book III and V sequences. Another option that would solve that problem would be to have SAM be the narrator, and begin the movie with Sam starting to tell the story of the War of the Ring to Elanor and her siblings. Not a terribly original device, of course, but definitely serviceable.
Obviously, though, that decision was made some time ago, whatever it might be.

I think that a narrator could be needed in the beginning. They can however use Gandalf if they tell most of the history of the Ring in 'The Shadow of the Past' part...

Sam would be a good choice if more narrating is needed...