Just remember to talk about shippey and the points that we are supposed to cover in our paper. Don’t just make it a comparison and don’t talk about the other books. It seems like your on the right track Donald Turner September 18, 2008, at 04:10 PM
Very strong idea on how this was Jackson’s last attempt to develop characters, as there is a lot more humanity and emotion in the film. However, I would elaborate more on why Jackson cut certain scenes. Eligh Hanning?
Once again… just detail and develop. Jenelle Jones
I think all of your ideas are good. Right now, though, they are still a little too general. Develop them! I like how you brought up what scenes needed to be put forth as more important and suspenseful ones! Keilah Bradley September 16, 2008, at 05:47 PM]]
You have a couple of good points. You seem to have a good outline for discussing the negatives that came around with leaving the scouring of the shire out of the film. But make sure you discuss the difficulties that Jackson encountered, that made him leave this out of the film. Keep in mind that Jackson wanted to focus the movie on destroying the ring. What happened after Mount Doom became immaterial to him. If you were to incorporate that scene into the film, what would be your running theme in the storyline to allow that? Also, what characters do you think Jackson decided to really focus on in the third film? Lauren Brych? September 16, 2008, at 12:36 PM
You do mention the ending of the movie but not inconnection to Shippey’s anticipations. Try to do that in your final paper and discuss how Jackson was able to overcome them or not. You are off of a great start. Trudy Antwi September 15, 2008, at 09:29 PM
Hello everyone,
I know this is not perfectly put together or thought out yet but below are some of the points I want to bring up in my paper.
Writing the screen play probably gave Jackson a hard time because he had to choose what scenes absolutely had to be in the film and what other scenes could be left out with the messages that Tolkien conveyed in the book still coming across to the viewer. The book is full of battle scenes as well as other tense and suspenseful moments. Jackson must have found it hard to decided what scenes needed more attention on screen compared to the others.
Gollum became a major character in the Rerutn of the King movie. Peter Jackson must have found it slightly difficult to bring a character such as Gollum to life on the big screen. Having the audience, some of which have never read the book and don’t know the outcome, feel a sense of compassion for a character that seems to be full of evil, deception and hatred must have been difficult.
The Return of the King was the last chance for Jackson to introduce the characters and make them have a lasting impact on the viewer. It was also his last chance to show the characters growth and full development. It must have been hard for Jackson to bring the full potential of every character to the screen because of the fact that the story follows a bunch of different characters journeys.
Choosing what ending to use is another huge difficulty that Jackson had to face while making the third movie. To leave out the whole Scorning of the Shire part of the book was a very risky move because of the criticism he would receive from faithfuls of the books. However, if he would have put the scene in the movie it would have lengthened the film considerably. The Scorning of the Shire is where we see the changes and growth in the hobbits, so by leaving out this scene Jackson has to find another way to show these things.
The way the books are set up is very unique. The reader follows Aragorn and the fellowship and has no clue what is going on with Frodo and Sam. They do not know if all hope is lost with Frodo and Sam. Jackson must have found it difficult to make the movie flow more easily than the book did to appeal to movie watchers.
Of course there were general difficulties that Jackson faced such as choosing the right camera angle to make the hobbits seem short, body counts and the large amounts of props and dressings that went into the making of the film.
Elizabeth Delano? September 10, 2008, at 05:59 PM
