Posted: September 11, 1998 at 21:47:23: by Estel
: It isn't the shortening of the dialogue that bothers me...that is clearly neccesary: my puritanical streak only goes so far! But, what they do keep in the film should be verbatim as often as possible. You simple aren't going to improve upon Aragorn's challenge to Boromir at the Council of Elrond: "Strider I am to one fat man who lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart or lay his little town in ruin if he were not guarded ceaselessly." That is the kind of language that I'm afraid will be cut in favor of the lowest common denominator.Hello all, I'm joining in for the first time:
Frankly I'm hopeful that PJ's love of the story and experience as a writer/director will ensure that this is *exactly* the kind of dialogue to use verbatim (but then I'm an optimist). Who would ever hope to do it better or more succintly? I'm a big fan of the Dunadan, and I just love this scene esp his retorts to Boromir's thinly veiled doubting insolence
Aragorn has a lot of good pithy lines like this, hope they keep most of them...Estel
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