Exploring Tolkien

72. Adapting Lord of the Rings, Cutting up the Story, and Dropping the Poetry

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We jump into the deep end of analyzing Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings as we look at every film change he made! This week, Michael and I look at the first three:

  • It’s an Adaptation
  • Intercut Storylines
  • Many of the Songs and Poems were cut

    • Are we right? Wrong? Did we miss something obvious? Let us know!

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    • What’s the one major adaptation Jackson shouldn’t have made.
    • Judging Christopher Tolkien for judging PJ’s films
    • Could PJ have easily put in more songs and poems? Or would it need to be a 12 episode show on Netflix?
    • Is the poetry PJ put in the films fitting enough?

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