Definitely an addition. But IIRC the book doesn't go into the details of Saruman's magical experiments in combining men and orcs.
- Hobbits have pointed ears (easy to see in currently available media)
Not mentioned, but seems like a minor cosmetic detail to me.
- There's an Elven army at the battle of Helm's Deep, which did NOT happen in the book, there were no Elven armies anywhere.
I believe that this is untrue. Any scenes involving elf armies are from the great war where Sauron was defeated and Isildur cut the ring from his hand. I heard rumors about Arwen leading an elf army to Helm's Deep, but I think they were debunked.
- Whatsername is cruising around with the Fellowship full time in the movie, isn't she? That was most certainly not the case in the book.
Arwen replaces Glorfindel at the ford. Period. She does not tag along with the fellowship, she doesn't get in any big fights, in short she's not the feared XenArwen that everyone talks about.
Admittedly, the movie does deviate from the book. As any good movie must; the book is inherently unsuited to the movie format.
I would ask you not to believe all the rumors you hear, but that would be hypocritical; I have not yet seen the movie (though I do already have my ticket) and my responses are based on rumor themselves. But I have kept current on the movie's progress for the last year (give or take) and I am fairly confident in my replies.
I may watch the movie and hate it, but based on all I have seen, this is a virtual impossiblity.
Fail-safe [imdb.com] came out around the same time, with the same message, portrayed in a much more gripping fashion. In fact if it were not for copyright issues, it might have even beaten it to theaters.
Not to belittle Strangelove of course, I think it's a great movie also, but I think Fail-safe conveys the message more convincingly.
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Definitely an addition. But IIRC the book doesn't go into the details of Saruman's magical experiments in combining men and orcs.
- Hobbits have pointed ears (easy to see in currently available media)
Not mentioned, but seems like a minor cosmetic detail to me.
- There's an Elven army at the battle of Helm's Deep, which did NOT happen in the book, there were no Elven armies anywhere.
I believe that this is untrue. Any scenes involving elf armies are from the great war where Sauron was defeated and Isildur cut the ring from his hand. I heard rumors about Arwen leading an elf army to Helm's Deep, but I think they were debunked.
- Whatsername is cruising around with the Fellowship full time in the movie, isn't she? That was most certainly not the case in the book.
Arwen replaces Glorfindel at the ford. Period. She does not tag along with the fellowship, she doesn't get in any big fights, in short she's not the feared XenArwen that everyone talks about.
Admittedly, the movie does deviate from the book. As any good movie must; the book is inherently unsuited to the movie format.
I would ask you not to believe all the rumors you hear, but that would be hypocritical; I have not yet seen the movie (though I do already have my ticket) and my responses are based on rumor themselves. But I have kept current on the movie's progress for the last year (give or take) and I am fairly confident in my replies.
I may watch the movie and hate it, but based on all I have seen, this is a virtual impossiblity.
-SablKnight
Fail-safe [imdb.com] came out around the same time, with the same message, portrayed in a much more gripping fashion. In fact if it were not for copyright issues, it might have even beaten it to theaters.
Not to belittle Strangelove of course, I think it's a great movie also, but I think Fail-safe conveys the message more convincingly.
-SablKnight
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