actually the reluctance was Jackson, I think. In the book not much is made of these spirits. Aragorn reappears leading them but the how of this is not explained.
I disliked the appearance of the Ents in the movie -- though I can't really say how it could have been done better -- but I really loved them when I read the books. Slow-moving majestic creatures who watch civilizations go past.. it really caught my imagination. Nor do I think that Tolkien invented them, actually. A lot of his work is really a remix of various elements of British folklore. The Green Man, barrows, ancient civilizations to the south, magical folk to the west across a sea... Dana On 7/6/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess by "purists" you mean the book readers who are looking for a > straight on-screen interpretation. In that aspect, I agree. If that's how it > unfolds in the book, it should be done as such on screen. > > But us non-fantasy folks shake our heads when such silly tricks are used to > shore up the plot. Tolkien couldn't figure out how to destroy Isingard (i > think i have that name right, with butchered spelling i'm sure) using > believable aspects/characters of the story, so he invents walking trees to > do it. I know such things are the life-blood of fantasy story > telling....which I guess is why I'm not a fan of it. > > A similar trick was used at the end of Return of the King, with the ghost > warriors. Why would a ghost, who can't be killed, be reluctant to fight a > battle to regain their honor? Makes no sense....the ghost warriors should > have been flesh-and-blood outcasts risking real life and limb to regain > their standing. > > All and all though i really enjoyed the movies, which is a testament to > Jackson. Aragorn was one of the best developed, written, and acted > characters i've ever seen on screen.... > > > True, folks like me would have had kittens. Especially since the Ents > > were key to defeating Saruman and allowed >Aragorn to recover the > > palantir. > > > > But I think you were being hasty announcing their war ;) > > > > Russel > > > >>I'm not really sure how they could have the Ents any more believable, > >>but the purists would have been up in arms had they left the Ents out > >>of the story. > >> > >> > >>On 7/6/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163087 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
