Return of the King Book question


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The story drags at the end of the book? No, I wouldn't say so. It doesn't quite have the urgency of the rest of the book (Sauron has been defeated after all) but its a very important part of the story, and of what Tolkien was trying to say.

And yes, I believe Dazzla is right, this third episode of the trilogy will have the most discrepancies between book and film. The first one was pretty accurate, the second took a bit of poetic licence, the third one will miss huge chunks out I think.

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For example, there was the scouring of the shire, this was in my opinion pretty boring, but it's not in the film at all. It was a 20 second clip in The Two Towers. Another example is Shelob, in the books it's in The Two Towers, but they've moved it into Return Of The King (film).

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Yes, it drags a lot at the end. There's a good 200 pages after

[spoiler, sort of]

The ring has been destroyed and Frodo, Sam, and the rest return home. Obviously, if you read the book, that part has to be in it, but it's not very exciting.

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Another example is Shelob, in the books it's in The Two Towers, but they've moved it into Return Of The King (film).

Yeah, thanks to harry potter (JKR) and their tolkienish "inspiration", PJ had to move big mean spider a year later..

:angry:

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Yeah, thanks to harry potter (JKR) and their tolkienish "inspiration", PJ had to move big mean spider a year later..

:angry:

Well thats not entirely true, but may be some of the reasons yes.

The official reason was (and I actually agree with PJ here):

The Frodo/Sam/Smeagol storyline was the one without major action scenes. We have the battle for Isengard and the battle for Helms Deep, so we dont need the Shelob sequence at the same time. It's much better to postpone it to the beginning of the ROTK, to get up the pace in this film.

Anyway, I have a strong fealing that ROTK will kick ass, possibly being the greatest of the trilogy, and hopefully one of the best films ever :woot:

Shame it's such a long wait :wacko:

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I always thought that part where they travel under the mountains south of Rohan to move quickly to defend Minas Tirith was boring...I thought that chapter dragged on...

I never noticed anything else dragging out in the Return of the King, and I've read it a couple times since I was a child...maybe its just me, but I like the end, after the hobbits return home.

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