Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
peter jackson and co all but took out the christian values and synthesis that was lord of the rings in the adaptation to the screen, this to me as a christian and a fan of tolkien and lewis as christian writers amongst the inklings, a grevious mistake.
peter jackson and co all but took out the christian values and synthesis that was lord of the rings in the adaptation to the screen, this to me as a christian and a fan of tolkien and lewis as christian writers amongst the inklings, a grevious mistake.
Huh? Assuming you don't read the Appendixes or anything else related to Lord of the Rings (I'm talking strictly the books), what did they remove? I don't even recall anything in the book that explained all the christian symbolism or relations (Gandalf, Saruman, Sauron, the Balrog, etc, etc, etc). A few things are explained in the appendix, but nothing really in the story. In fact, the even left in/put in Gandalf's explanation of the afterlife to Pippin at Gondor. I don't remember that from the book at all, but it's definitely there in the movie.
As far as I know, Tolkien explained the origins of Gandalf and the other wizards, the Balrog, Saruman, Sauron, and everything else in the Appendixes and the Silmarillion. Most of that couldn't possibly have been fit into the movies. The only explanation that really made sense in the movies is when Aragorn talked about the black riders and who they use to be.