| Re: Best of the three?
I really enjoyed Two Towers, but like many on this thread my favourite LOTR film has got to be FoTR. Maybe I am cheating a little in chosing this as my favourite simply 'cos it allowed me to get into the whole series without first read the book :-) I found the first seven or so introductory pieces in the first book difficult to get beyond. But the film manages to emmerse the viewer in the comfortable world of Hobbiton straight away.
I agree with Mikeo that the addition of Tom Bombadil to the FoTR story was a little wierd and I'm glad that it was excluded ~ though I do think it could have been included in some way in the extended dvd. Was anything of Bombadil included in the extended dvd? (I haven't got an extended version of FoTR.) Bombadil seems to represent the Green Man, or Green Knight of pagan/medieval myths and maybe that is why the addition of Bombadil seems wierd in Tolkiens saxon-esque world?
Ahhh shucks ... I just really love watching Bilbo's birthday party :-)) |