i was just wondering if the movie really sticks to the book and is almost iddentical.
2007-01-21 12:06:59 · 11 answers · asked by mamazdabomb 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yes and no. The movie deviates from the books in some ways, some fairly significant. For Example, in the book the entire first half of the book is about Merry/Pippin/Legolas/Gimli/Aragorn, and the last part is all about Frodo/Sam/Gollum. In the movie, the scenes are inter-mixed, going back and forth between the two groups.
Also, the whole love story thing between Aragorn and Arwen is pretty non-existent in the book, but for the movie, they felt they needed something like that, a bit of romance.
And there are some things that happened in 'book 3' that they moved into 'movie 2' (or is it the other way around?) for reasons of time or various other reasons.
There are other minor things, like maybe in the book, so-and-so said 'something' and in the movie, someone else got to say the line.
There are some other things that were changed as well.
On the other hand, the movie does do a really good job of sticking to the story. At least most of the major points were the same. Even down to some of the lines the characters said, some word for word from the books. As a long-time fan of the LOTR, I was very impressed and happy with the movie(s).
2007-01-21 15:24:05 · answer #1 · answered by awanderingelf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a warning, my explanation holds spoilers for LOTR and Harry Potter. In the books, because Faramir and Sam are the two characters most driven by something other than the need to find the ring, both of them were the least affected by it's power. Faramir is aware of what it can do to cloud judgement and because of what happened to Boromir, he knows how the ring's power can twist even the noblest of intentions. Sam is driven by the need to keep his promise, and to protect Frodo. Both of them are not centered on keeping or using the ring -- which is what a number of other characters in the books are driven by. A less complicated version of this sort of power is in Harry Potter. In the first book, Harry comes across the Mirror of Erised, which becomes the final protection for the Sorcerer's Stone. Only the person who wants to FIND the Stone, but not use it, will be able to obtain it. In a similar though a bit more complicated manner, this is the same for Sam and Faramir. In the LOTR movies, all characters were affected even in the tiniest of ways, by the power of the ring. Which is actually -- from a filmmaker and director's perspective, the right way to do it even if the books said otherwise. If you watch the discussions on the LOTR Extended Edition DVDs Peter Jackson makes a great point because he says that he knows that Faramir was not affected by the ring in the books but in film, there is simply no time to explain why Faramir (and even Sam) would not be tempted by what is supposed to be the most evil thing in the world. If you were a person in the audience who didn't read the books, you would probably view it as inconsistent and think, "Oh how evil can it be, if they don't even flinch?" My two cents. :)
2016-05-24 09:17:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Close by not quite on target. They throw in a love story to make it move better between Arwen and Aragon. In the book they merely meet when they get married. Also, there are several characters, like Tom Bombadil in the forest at the beginning, is totally left out.
The movie is a simplified version of a very dense and extremely well written book. Read the book yourself to see the differences, it's worth the experience. A movie, even one this long can tell just so much of a written epic.
2007-01-21 13:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by lochmessy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Movie = about 90% of book, read the book for comparison
2007-01-22 04:10:53 · answer #4 · answered by flowerpet56 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the movies are pretty close to the books
2007-01-21 12:36:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of the 3 movies, I think it's the least similar to its corresponding book.
2007-01-22 14:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they did a nice job with keeping it pretty close to the book. Its definitely not exact though, and if you look deep enough you can probably find a boatload of errors.
2007-01-21 12:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes "Iddentical" .......because you can definitely fit every detail in a book into a movie.
2007-01-21 12:09:32 · answer #8 · answered by IndeXed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it starts and ends at different times. also helms deep doesnt take up the whole book with action scenes
2007-01-21 12:11:07 · answer #9 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kind of. there are a few details wrong on all three movies.
2007-01-21 12:08:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋