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05-04-2003, 03:09 AM | #21 |
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I don't think you could cut out Rosie Cotton. Tolkien liked to tie up lose ends, so we really need Sam to marry so his children can pass the Red Book down. I think there will be something about the Red Book in ROTK, so Rosie is needed.
Arwen needs to be in so Aragorn can marry her and thus Gondor will have a king for many years to come. Every hates Arwen because she turned 'Xena' in the FOTR. If the film's writers changed her role I'm sure we would like her much more. Definitely Lurtz could be cut out, and perhaps Hama as well. What about Legolas? The only thing he suceeds in doing is bringing crazed fan girls to movie forums...
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05-04-2003, 04:38 AM | #22 |
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Arwen should be replaced with Glorfindel.
Haldir in TTT.
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05-04-2003, 12:27 PM | #23 | |
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Yes, Rosie is needed and as she doesn't play a huge part, I thought she was acceptable. And I don't think Arwen should be removed from the story completely, but yes, PJ's interpretation of her character should. Lurtz didn't contribute anything to the movie except a pretty cool action-filled fight scene w/ Aragorn. He could be cut out.
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05-04-2003, 12:35 PM | #24 | |
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05-04-2003, 12:45 PM | #25 | |
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I would have cut out movie-Faramir and put in book-Faramir. But I'm afraid that would work only for those who have read the book.
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05-04-2003, 03:43 PM | #26 | |
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05-04-2003, 04:54 PM | #27 | |
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05-05-2003, 04:37 PM | #28 | |
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05-05-2003, 08:14 PM | #29 |
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If we are talking about literally cutting a character from the movie it would have to be Arwen. Even if you didn't add Glorfindel (which they should have) you could conceivably get away with it without hurting the story much. All the sappy Arwen/Aragorn stuff could be replaced with more character development and some good dialogue.
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05-06-2003, 10:58 AM | #30 |
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On second thought, I wouldn't want to cut Celeborn out of the movie. True, he did nothing, but his absence would sure upset readers. At least me anyway.
So to answer the question differently, I'd cut the elves out of Helm's Deep and remove Elrond from the beginning sequence of Sauron's death.
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05-06-2003, 11:03 AM | #31 |
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Evidently, Glorfindel, Tom Bombadil, Old Man Willow, Halbarad, Gloin, Elladan, Elrohir...
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05-06-2003, 06:17 PM | #32 |
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I know where you are coming from as far as removing Elrond from the Last Alliance scenes, but I think having him there is important to add weight and importance to his character later on in the movie, especially for non-tolkienites.
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05-06-2003, 07:45 PM | #33 |
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Whoa, wait a minute are you saying Elrond was not in the Last Alliance? in the book? I gotta check this out...................
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05-06-2003, 07:54 PM | #34 |
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Elrond was at the Last Alliance. We are discussing who could be cut from the movies, if we really, really, really had to.
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05-06-2003, 09:00 PM | #35 |
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Sad to say it, but Gil-Galad. Even though he was only in the Prologue they didn't need to show him. Even as it is, I think if they were to put him at all in the first place they should have made him a more important figure in the Prologue than just seeing his face once.
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05-06-2003, 11:59 PM | #37 |
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I'm with Coney and Wayfarer on who SHOULD be cut, despite who was...
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05-11-2003, 04:30 AM | #39 |
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Eowyn. (no offence to the creator of this forum!) but i just think she's dead weedy. (plus th fact she fancied Aragorn)
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