In the book: >Aragorn said naught in answer, but he took the other’s eye and held it, and for a moment they strove thus; but soon, though Aragorn did not stir nor move hand to weapon, the other quailed and gave back as if menaced with a blow.
In the movie >Aragorn spergs out and chops the guys head off while screaming
This is exactly where Hackson started to crack and expose himself as the fraud who understands none of Tolkien's literature and would later on go to direct The Hobbit fanfiction trilogy. Aragorn is a wise king, calm, in control, centered. Throughout the books he displays diplomacy, and calm negotiating skills you'd expect from a King or statesman. This was completely out of character for Aragorn to kill an ambassador the way ISIS or something would. Well-fucking-done Hackson.
In the book: >Pipeweed is tobacco In the movie >Pipeweed is LSD
Jaxson Gutierrez
The mouth of Sauron was a numenorean.
Lucas Butler
It could have been so much worse. There was a deleted scene where Aragorn actually fought Sauron.
Benjamin Barnes
> being this autistic
Anthony Howard
>This is exactly where Hackson started to crack he fucked up a lot of things before that
Lincoln Carter
Man I forgot about that. Fucking hackson
also
in the book: >The Eye of Sauron is a euphemism for the willpower of Sauron and his ability to look into the hearts of men and know their deepest desires and weaknesses
In the movie: >Nope, its literally a fucking giant eye
Joshua Clark
>Movie >Pipeweed LSD
Son if you don't realize movie pipeweed is basically weed you haven't watched the extended cuts. Merry and pippin practically spend 25% disclaimer; might be an exaggeration of the movie being high and having munchies
>That scene with merry and pippin raiding Isengards food storage while smoking a boek >Also eating a shitload of elven bread while that would make "a grown man full after one bite"
That wasnt one of the worst things imo. In movies it's basically impossible to let the audience perceive a threat while said threat is "invisible". Screen media needs a visual representation of the ultimate villain.
Owen Morgan
>That wasnt one of the worst things imo. In movies it's basically impossible to let the audience perceive a threat while said threat is "invisible". Screen media needs a visual representation of the ultimate villain.
The entire book managed to succeed without having the title character appear physically, don't know why the movie needs it. In any case, Sauron had an actual physical body during the war of the ring, its mentioned several times. Denethor even plans to assassinate Sauron at one point. But Sauron definitely has a physical body.
Leo Harris
I remember an old forum poster from the time saying Viggo was perfectly cast as Strider but never quite cut it as Aragorn.
It's funny he's the movies greatest strengths but one of it's weaknesses too with his warping accent etc.
Owen Taylor
>Aragorn said naught in answer, but he took the other’s eye and held it, and for a moment they strove thus; but soon, though Aragorn did not stir nor move hand to weapon, the other quailed and gave back as if menaced with a blow.
I fucking hate the way Tolkien writes. I can't get through hundreds of pages of this shit. It's a fucking chore.
Oliver Hall
Because it's a fucking movie you stupid cuckold.
Nicholas Wood
stupid is as stupid does
not Tolkiens fault
Hudson Brown
Because you can't spend hundreds of lines of text (screentime) in spelling out how and why the audience should fear the 'evil' entity.. This is perfectly possible and easy when writing a book but the whole "villain you can't see" thing has literally never worked on screen user.
Gabriel Lee
That's because Tolkein's writing is shit. Great ideas, poor execution. Guy doesn't know when to shut up about mundane and uninteresting details.
Anthony Torres
t . redditor
Alexander Martin
kys
Anthony Thomas
Sure thing princess.
Lincoln Morris
Counter example pls
Christian Martinez
>Villain is called Saruon >Secondary villain is called Saruon Man
BRAVO HACKSO
Joseph Morgan
You don't need hundred of lines, but you could give someone like Elrond or Gandalf or whoever enough lines to make Sauron seem like a legitimate threat without actually being seen. It might even work better: they eye isn't actually that threatening, and fear of the unknown is a pretty neat thing.
Alexander Moore
i didn't need this
Leo Flores
I don't even care about LotR in book of movie form, but surely just a shot of that eye in a black void or otherworldly location would be better, you would need to rely on consistent musical ques or visual effects to signify his spooooky evil aura occasionally. It's better than a big dumb evil lighthouse, isn't it?
David Perry
> implying the threat didn't seem much greater when it was 'invisible' rather than a literal lighthouse
Thomas Scott
...
Lincoln Adams
Those 3 movies were such a shit show.
Jackson Cruz
what in the ever loving fuck
Ryder Gonzalez
I was going to say Voldemort was a menacing off screen villain for the first couple of harry potter movies, but you do sort of see him so it doesnt really count i guess
Carson Ortiz
in the behind the scenes footage it states that viggo made a lot of suggestions in order to turn confident, assured book aragorn into weary and unsure movie aragorn
this is in part to instill the character with some level of "a heroes journey" so that in fellowship he is seen resisting his birthright and then in return claiming it. in contrast book aragorn always wants to be king so he can claim arwen and proudly bares anduril into battle from the getgo.
Ian Rivera
Peter Jackson isn't a great director, in fact he's quite a bad one. But the LOTR film trilogy is a very good action movie trilogy, the members compensate for the many stupid and / or clumsily mishandled scenes.
