Many of Jackson's amendments to the way the tale unfolded were brilliant, and wise filmmaking, and excellent story adaptation. But there were some major klunkers.
Agreed. Separating them can be difficult, though.
Yes, but the pacing of a film is compleyely different from a book. I disagree with the way that many scenes were handled, but I think that the overall idea was simply find a way to pace things.
Oh, and while I'm at it ... changing Faramir's character to a charlatan was up there in the big, big goofs.
Agreed. Separating them can be difficult, though.
His decision to present events in chron order, through cross-cutting, was a lazy and standardized choice that neglected the tale's true effect of chronology-shifting. It was not simply Tolkien's device of convenience ... it was the way in which the story must be told if you are telling the story of The Lord of the Rings. Much in the way that a remake of Memento told in forward order would not be telling the same story at all, erasing the chron-shifting of LotR negates many of Tolkien's most important story points.
Yes, but the pacing of a film is compleyely different from a book. I disagree with the way that many scenes were handled, but I think that the overall idea was simply find a way to pace things.
Oh, and while I'm at it ... changing Faramir's character to a charlatan was up there in the big, big goofs.
Mmm, yessss....but.....I also think that in doing so, it made Faramir's arc more dramatic because he overcame so many obstacles, his father and the Ring, most notably.