It makes you wonder if any of them were defective. Doesn't like the taste of Elf? Back to the drawing board! Morgoth was a busy, busy Valar.
Everyone in the book was fairly one-dimensional. The story went at such a fast pace - and wasn't that a surprise? After all those people complained about making The Hobbit a trilogy, the first film - all three hours of it - goes only just past the first third of the book! The characters were so busy being thrown around by various nasties that there wasn't much space for characterisation beyond 'Thorin is a dick, Balin is the lookout, Gloin likes fire, Fili&Kili are young'.
The Bilbo in the book annoyed me a little because - while his horror and discomfort and complaining were pretty accurate - he never suckegot on with it. It was still his choice to go on the quest, though for a long time I don't think it was a choice he'd made peace with.
I like that they're being more developed in the movies. It makes them more enjoyable.
A fight scene with the White Council would be amazing. Actually, any further scenes with Sauron would be brilliant, because all we see of him in LotR is the snippet with him in armor at the beginning and then he's an ominous whispering eyeball for the rest. And he's supposed to be the Dark Lord, and all, but frankly the Balrog and the Wargs and the Uruk-Hai and, hell, Denethor were more frightening.
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Date: 2013-01-14 10:41 am (UTC)From:Everyone in the book was fairly one-dimensional. The story went at such a fast pace - and wasn't that a surprise? After all those people complained about making The Hobbit a trilogy, the first film - all three hours of it - goes only just past the first third of the book! The characters were so busy being thrown around by various nasties that there wasn't much space for characterisation beyond 'Thorin is a dick, Balin is the lookout, Gloin likes fire, Fili&Kili are young'.
The Bilbo in the book annoyed me a little because - while his horror and discomfort and complaining were pretty accurate - he never suckegot on with it. It was still his choice to go on the quest, though for a long time I don't think it was a choice he'd made peace with.
I like that they're being more developed in the movies. It makes them more enjoyable.
A fight scene with the White Council would be amazing. Actually, any further scenes with Sauron would be brilliant, because all we see of him in LotR is the snippet with him in armor at the beginning and then he's an ominous whispering eyeball for the rest. And he's supposed to be the Dark Lord, and all, but frankly the Balrog and the Wargs and the Uruk-Hai and, hell, Denethor were more frightening.