Comments on: A nerdy interlude: reflections on The Fellowship of the Ring http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2009/07/a-nerdy-interlude-reflections-of-the-fellowship-of-the-ring/ All the Nose that's fit to blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:18:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Top 100 Movie Heroes http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2009/07/a-nerdy-interlude-reflections-of-the-fellowship-of-the-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Top 100 Movie Heroes Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:43:36 +0000 http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/?p=2553#comment-530 [...] with only a knife or his fists, he’s one of the most unlikely, yet appealing, movie heroes. 72. Gandalf in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Larger than life in every single way, Ian McKellen hits a homerun in this role. 73. Dorothy in [...] [...] with only a knife or his fists, he’s one of the most unlikely, yet appealing, movie heroes. 72. Gandalf in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Larger than life in every single way, Ian McKellen hits a homerun in this role. 73. Dorothy in [...]

]]> By: <img src='http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/facebook.png'/> B. Minich http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2009/07/a-nerdy-interlude-reflections-of-the-fellowship-of-the-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-354 B. Minich Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:06:41 +0000 http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/?p=2553#comment-354 I like this. See, I was a Tolkein nut when this whole thing started (although, admittedly, not as nutty as some). Thus, I was nervous but hopeful, and was not disappointed. I think it was fairly common knowledge among those following the movie that Tom Bombadil wouldn't be making the cut (and neither would the Scouring of the Shire). And although I would have preferred to see them in, I totally understood why - I have a young movie director of a friend, and have picked up some pacing info by osmosis. Basically, I had always figured those two events would be cut for pacing reasons. You can barely get away with inserting something as weird as Bombadil in a book - no way would he make sense in a movie. And the Scouring, although important, doesn't work too well in a movie - it should be over, dang it! In any event, I loved it, and agree that the 30 minutes spent in the Shire, although not normal in action type movies, was very important for both fans, and to show audiences what Frodo was primarily trying to save. I like this. See, I was a Tolkein nut when this whole thing started (although, admittedly, not as nutty as some). Thus, I was nervous but hopeful, and was not disappointed.

I think it was fairly common knowledge among those following the movie that Tom Bombadil wouldn’t be making the cut (and neither would the Scouring of the Shire). And although I would have preferred to see them in, I totally understood why – I have a young movie director of a friend, and have picked up some pacing info by osmosis. Basically, I had always figured those two events would be cut for pacing reasons. You can barely get away with inserting something as weird as Bombadil in a book – no way would he make sense in a movie. And the Scouring, although important, doesn’t work too well in a movie – it should be over, dang it!

In any event, I loved it, and agree that the 30 minutes spent in the Shire, although not normal in action type movies, was very important for both fans, and to show audiences what Frodo was primarily trying to save.

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