Lord of the rings question?

Question

is there a major difference between the 1st movie and fellowship book if so what is it

Answer 1

1) Frodo leaves Hobbiton when he is 50 years old, 17 years after Bilbo's 111th birthday. This was removed from the film primarily for the sake of continuity, I believe.

2) Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Sam's journey to Bree takes a lot longer, and passes through the Old Forest, where they are attacked by Old Man Willow and saved by Tom Bombadil.

3) Following the episode in the Old Forest the four hobbits cross the perilous Barrow Downs and are again attacked. Once more Tom Bombadil saves them.

4) The character of Glordindel was completely cut from the films. Glorfindel is an elf warrior who finds Aragorn and the hobbits in the wild, much like Arwen does in the films.

5) In the films Aragorn attempts to hide his lineage and is unsure whether to claim the throne of Gondor. In the books he always means to, and is simply waiting for the right time.

6) In the films Gandalf's solo escapades are generally shown, either in real-time or as flashbacks. In the books we only here of Gandalf's movements when he relates them to others.

7) The climax of the film, the battle scene upon Amon-Hen, is not described in the 'Fellowship of the Ring' book, but rather related by the characters in past tense in the beginning of 'The Two Towers'.

Obviously there are more than just these seven differences. However I think it's safe to say that these are the only really important ones. Other minor differences include lines being given to one character instead of another, some characters being present or absent at different episodes (particularly before the hobbits leave the Shire) and so on.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The pace is completely different. The movie makes it all seem like it happens in a big hurry. In fact the entire movie trilogy feels like it only take about a month to transpire. Where the story in the books takes over a year.

But most of the direct differences in the Fellowship story is the lack of secondary stories. You don't see Tom Bombadil in the movie, the flight from the shire is very short. Basically the movie is the condensed version.

Personally I'm not too fond of the movies. I feel they made too many unnecessary changes to the events and especially to the characters. I highly recommend reading the books.

Answer 3

In addition to those mentioned (Tom and Goldberry standing out most in my mind), you lose most of character development. You don't see that this was a PLANNED event. Frodo didn't just up and leave his home one day. He planned this even for MONTHS; even bought a house in Crickhollow so that when he left the Shire, his departure wouldn't have been immediately noticed by the other inhabitants. It also doesn't show you that Merry and Pippin were part of that planning process. They didn't arbitrarily join up with Frodo and Sam, they knew what was going on, they knew were Frodo was going, and they CHOSE to join him on his quest. Then there's the Arwen thing. Every scene with Arwen in the movie annoys me because throughout the ENTIRE story, she has 1 line. She does 1 thing. She marries Aragorn and gives Frodo a necklace and her place on the last ship leaving middle earth. That's all she does. I understand the need to give her more purpose in the movie....it's just annoying. There was also the wizard's duel that didn't happen in the book...but it worked for the movie.
As you can see, there are quite a few differences. These are only the first few of MANY.

Answer 4

Biggest difference is the lack of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry in the woods where the hobbits go through to take a short cut (or avoid the riders), and the Barrow wights. It is good, but not relevant to the rest of the story.
Tom can put on the ring and it does not make him invisible. The idea being that the ring has no power over him.
Also Arwen does not take Frodo to her dad to save him - in the book he goes on his own.

Answer 5

There are several details. Tom Bombadil is completely missing from the movie. Also when the Black Riders attack at the fords, in the movie Arwen flees with Frodo. In the book Frodo is on Glorfindel's horse and Arwen only appears in Rivendell. Also in the book you do not know the relationship of Arwen and Aragorn.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Yes thre are many differanes. The movie takes out a lot of core charachter development that i love to read. NAd it takes out a few chrachters i liked one of them being tom bombadil.

Answer 8

HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK, can't help, sorry