Well, yes... It's using one medium to interpret another. Of course, I'll have to wait 'til I see the movie to critique it. I stand by my comment about changing a classic though. If I take a photograph of the Mona Lisa, I shouldn’t use Photoshop to fix her smile.
I haven't seen or heard the delivery of the "come and claim him" line.
I agree that Bombadil is an easy and painless character to cut. (My least favorite part of the book.) I would prefer they cut entire characters rather than change them or rewrite them--It's much cleaner and historically accurate.
There you go--that's better. It's like rewriting history. It is history--for goodness sakes. It's the history of Middle Earth and Tolkien painstakingly preserved it for us, and we shouldn't rewrite it.
I would prefer they cut entire characters rather than change them or rewrite them--It's much cleaner and historically accurate...It's like rewriting history. It is history...and we shouldn't rewrite it.
I so agree with you. Look what Disney did to Pocohontas!