Nit-Pickers Guide to Deviations in Jackson's LotR

bcolflesh submits "A lengthy list of deviations to be found when comparing the text of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and the translation of those texts to film as undertaken by Peter Jackson, et.al."

Comments

Re:Missed a few..

[RatBastard]

That's too bad. Must suck to have no sense of humor.

Re:Needless amounts of effort!

[sphealey]

he question I have is this: Is there any change from the book that actually bothers people?

Let's see:

• Fundamental changes to Arwen's character - totally unnecessary

• Changes to Theodan's character - didn't hurt too much, but unnecessary and disruptive to the plot

  Changes to Denthenor's character - turned him from King Lear into something far less tragic and meaningful

  Wasting of Galadrial's encounter with Frodo - key point in the book where the Elves show they have learned something after 3000 years of stupid moves - turned into a quick special effects hit - and why does she walk around as if her stride was 5 centimeters? Such lack of physical coordination would have made it a bit difficult for her to lead the armies of the White Council against Dol Guilder, wouldn't it?

Yeah, a number of the changes bother me a lot. They were unnecessary and actually made what could have been great into something merely good.

sPh

Oh wow

[Trikenstein]

This thread must be a total geekasm
I'm not gonna read it!