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⌈ Secret Post #5485 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What changes between source material and adaptation were you happy about?

[philstar22]

Yes, Tom works in the book, but he just wouldn't work on film.

And I feel exactly the same about the HObbit movies. I think it would have worked with 2 movies, but 3 was too much. But adding in the White Counsel and Necromander stuff was a great decision (I wouldn't have necessarily done it exactly the same, but it still worked). And I agree with all your points for why it worked.

Re: What changes between source material and adaptation were you happy about?

[(Anonymous)]

They put the breaks for the Hobbit movies in the wrong place. Movie one should have ended with their arrival at Beorn's place. Movie two ought to have been focused on getting through the Mirkwood (they skipped through the forest, which felt like a big heavy task in the book, almost in a montage) and escape from the Elves. Then the arrival at Laketown is the end of movie two. Movie three is all about the mountain the dragon, and the battle. To me, that would have made more sense as a trilogy. Having the Dwarfs face the Dragon at the end of movie two just felt weird and unbalanced. It left movie three empty of emotion for a huge chunk.

Re: What changes between source material and adaptation were you happy about?

[(Anonymous)]

DA - Your breaks make sense. However, if I had my druthers I'd still cut it to two movies, get rid of the "Gandalf and the Council" bits, the stupid love triangle and Alfrid, and use the money I saved by not dragging big name actors back for endless scenes of pacing and foreshadowing for better special effects in the Battle of Five Armies. Movie one ends with the capture of the dwarves by the Mirkwood Elves. Movie two starts with Bilbo having to find the rest of the party in the dungeons, and continues on from there.

Re: What changes between source material and adaptation were you happy about?

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt - I just can't take the White Council seriously with the whole Galadriel circling thing. I get the Jaws theme stuck in my head.