Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25987328-20160413230109/@comment-26847105-20160414195456

I honestly couldn't really watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Overall, it was FANTASTIC, but a few things bugged me off.

1. Frodo. I don't want to sound rude, but look at Frodo. When I read the Fellowship of the Ring, I imagined him to have a lot of authority as Master of Bag-End. In the movie, he does not really act like a Hobbit with higher authority than Pippin, or even Sam.

2. Tom Bombadil. Literally, almost HALF of the Fellowship of the Ring took place in the Old Forest. That was the most tedious part of the book, and many of my friends dumped Lord of the Rings right on that spot (Honestly, I dumped them as well). It suprised me that they could just take it, and ommit it. The absence of Tom Bombadil made the first movie a little bit plain.

3. Gil-galad. Not that it totally bugged me off, but the Battle of the Last Alliance was briefly mentioned, and not a lot of effort was put into it. Gil-galad was really replaced by Elrond, and made unnimportant. I really wanted to see his death, and the fact that Peter Jackson ommited it was a little bit dissapointing.

4. Sharky. Honestly, one of the best parts in the Return of the King was when Frodo returned home. The first time I saw the third movie, I thought: ''How did they not add them returning home? This might not be the extended addition, let me check. ''After I checked it was the Extended Addition, I was suprised. I thought it was such a key moment to the book, yet I understand why they kind of removed it.

However, there were somethings that really impressed me in Lord of the Rings.

The Fellowship. Other than Frodo, all the actors that played the Nine Walkers were really good. Mr. McKellen was a gentle, but a sometimes furious, wizard. Mr. Boyd played an "inteligent" fool (Pippin) really well, as well as Mr. Monaghan. Mr. Astin was really into his role as Samwise, and Mr. Mortensen was decent. Though Mr. Bean had a short time in the movie, he did a really good job as Boromir, the one who is a good man himself, but the Ring makes him this "monster."