Reply To: LotR revisited – what Peter Jackson got right and what he didn't

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Elves are probably the trickiest to get ‘right’ in a movie.

You just can’t sell their age and grace within the confines of human anatomy.
Maybe CGI would be the answer here ? In the Starwars prequels there’s these odd aliens with long necks that create the clones. I wonder if a version of those creatures could have worked better ?

Tom Bombadill not being in the movie was probable a good choice. That encounter is soo at odds with the rest of the setting that it feels like they were doing drugs. OTOH … encounter at the start that gives the hobbits their weapons is something I do miss as it kind of explains why the knife used to stop one of the Nazgul could have worked at all.

The reversal of reasons for trying to go to Helms’ deep did not feel right.

The real annoyances start in the 3rd part. No scouring of the Shire, the encounter with Faramir completely at odds with the book version and the journey near Mordor not nearly as depressing and desperate either. It’s sort of rescued when we get to the part where to riders of Rohan finally charge into battle. I guess Theoden’s speech is too inspiring to skip.