The
Two
Towers
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I saw
this movie a few times and as a movie I enjoyed it. The story told by
the
movie writers is very entertaining and fun to watch. It would have been
better if the writers had followed the book. The differences
between
the book and movie are so numerous that a full discussion would lead to
a rewrite of the entire screen play, that is beyond what I will
comment
on today. The most troubling creation of the movie makers is the
episode
in Osgiliath with the inexplicable exposure of the ring to a ring
wraith
and the Unfair Faramir. Frodo's early enslavement to the ring and
the wimpy ents who decide not to go to war is wondered at also
.
It is as if a fit of opposite thinking or an attack of extreme dyslexia
plagued the script writers. Some points that draw my attention
follow.
- How is it to be explained that a
Ring
wraith is in
direct view of the ring, yet does not see it or perceive it's presence,
does not sound the alarm of the other wraiths to rally to battle for it
and apparently does not tell Sauron that he was near it. We know the
wraiths
don't see as we do, but the ring under their very nose and to miss
it!
This seems to challenge the scenes at Bree and Weather Top as well as
the
book version of events.
- The hobbits never reach Osgiliath
in
the book till
after the ring is destroyed. .
- The unfair Faramir or Unfairamir
has a
lot of Boromir
's personality in the movie and is corrupted to send the ring to Minas
Tirith as Boromir would have done things . The movie's corruption of
this
character is odd as not just a few pages of text from the book explain
his bidding the Hobbits well on their way and furnishing them with food
as they part at the falls of Rauros
- It appears that Frodo calls the
wraiths
to himself
to aid him in escaping Faramir and Minas Tirith. Is he now as Gollum
refers
to him, as the Master of the ring? Are we to believe the Wraiths for a
moment have answered to Frodo's call for help. Do they obey him? The
dragon
attacks Frodo only after Sam tries to pull him down the steps..
- The Warg riders attack is a nice film part but is only
referred to in
the
book and did not involve Aragorn..
- The Orcs are all slain on the field none of them
follow Merry and
Pippin into Fangorn forest ever..
- " He is ... He is . Could Frodo put on the ring and claim
it for him
self
in Osgiliath?.
- Why do orcs have hockey face shields during the battle at
helms deep?.
- Okay, I liked the scene of the shield skiing Legolas during
the Battle
at Helms Deep, but this is just good Hollywood not Middle Earth.
- The Elves never go to Helms Deep in
the
Book, but
it is a great scene in the movie.
- When will the remake be made that
is
more like the
book.
- I will go on......
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