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Clansman · 9th March 2008, 07:42 PM

I must agree with J.D. and Teresa about Sean Bean. His portrayal gave Boromir a much more human feel, and the death was much more tragic and redeeming.

I also have to defend Jackson a wee bit. This was possibly the hardest screen play to write ever. Compressing a book of this size into three 3.5 hour movies was a gargantuan task, and he did it remarkably well. It is good that he did not stay faithful to the book, as that would have been all but impossible, and they would have been unwatchable. The adage that the book is always better than the movie is a truism, but that does not mean that the movie can't be great.

Gandalf. Very wizardly. He killed the Balrog, came back to life, and then went on etc. and so-on. What's not wizardly about that?

Balrogs can be killed by elf warriors, but not human warriors, No way. You'd get a little too crispy before you could get your sword in. After all, the death of Smaug was a really, really lucky shot, and up close, the poor sod would have been ashes or dinner.

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Clansman lochaber axeman Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 470	Re: Question on Gandalf I must agree with J.D. and Teresa about Sean Bean. His portrayal gave Boromir a much more human feel, and the death was much more tragic and redeeming. I also have to defend Jackson a wee bit. This was possibly the hardest screen play to write ever. Compressing a book of this size into three 3.5 hour movies was a gargantuan task, and he did it remarkably well. It is good that he did not stay faithful to the book, as that would have been all but impossible, and they would have been unwatchable. The adage that the book is always better than the movie is a truism, but that does not mean that the movie can't be great. Gandalf. Very wizardly. He killed the Balrog, came back to life, and then went on etc. and so-on. What's not wizardly about that? Balrogs can be killed by elf warriors, but not human warriors, No way. You'd get a little too crispy before you could get your sword in. After all, the death of Smaug was a really, really lucky shot, and up close, the poor sod would have been ashes or dinner.