Re: ROTK news about Saruman's scenes - SPOILERS

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Calvin Rice) wrote:

> "RufusTFirefly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
> news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > As I recall, the scene is told in dialogue in the books, and has not been
> > altered in any way in the books.  I thing that Tolkien's books is still
> > safe. ...
> 
> No one said otherwise.  We were talking about placement, not content.  But,
> see below.
> 
> > The scene as shown does very much work for the film.  We are shown an
> > evocative flash back to the previous film, and we are shown a connection
> > between Gandalf and Frodo.  It starts the film with a sequence of great
> > dramatic weight and energy.
> 
> Considering all the other changes, this one doesn't matter much.  But it is
> a little misleading to seem to imply that Frodo 'saw' all of that in a dream
> or vision.
> 
> I don't believe the book described Gandalf doing aerodynamic skydiving
> in order to catch up with his sword and then the Balrog, and begin hand-to-
> hand combat in the air.  I think the book resumes the contest after they have
> reached the bottom, and then continues it up to the highest peak.  PJ always
> has to add a little something.  Throughout these movies it's nearly always
> the same.  Every scene contains some of Tolkien and some of not-Tolkien.
> 
> -cr

So?  What is the point of making a movie if your are not going to make 
it move?  Tolkien did not write a screenplay - he wrote a book.  Peter 
Jackson is not writing a book, he is making a movie.