tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post5215594835977514522..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: LOTR Read-Along: The Ring Goes South (FOTR Ch. 15)Hamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-84627051216353245002013-12-06T16:23:15.553-05:002013-12-06T16:23:15.553-05:00Yes, that strikes me too, every time I read it. S...Yes, that strikes me too, every time I read it. Some of the choices do make sense, just for how different characters are portrayed (Legolas has the keep elf sight and hearing that get accentuated in the movie, so he hears the fell voices), and some seem arbitrary. I think it does make sense for the movie to have Gandalf reluctant to go to Moria, because it foreshadows his meeting with the Balrog. Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-28406980607726858792013-12-06T14:58:16.259-05:002013-12-06T14:58:16.259-05:00You know what I find fascinating is how much dialo...You know what I find fascinating is how much dialogue, etc. in the book was given to different characters in the movie. Like the "fell voices on the air" line. I automatically hear Legolas say it... but Boromir says it here. And how they swap stuff around. In the movie Gandalf is the one who doesn't want to go to Moria; here's it's Aragorn. Movie: Frodo figures out the riddle to open the doors; Gandalf does it here. Merry throws the rock into the lake, Boromir does it here... And on and on. I think the changes work fine in the movie, but it is fascinating to ponder why the choices were made.<br /><br />I quite love this chapter, as we're finally underway. I particularly love the descriptions of the mountains and terrain, and I always slow down my reading to savor those parts, and the words Tolkien uses. DKorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819702518388146971noreply@blogger.com