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Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion: The Lord of The Rings:
These scenes work well thematically:
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kzer_za
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Feb 4 2021, 7:48pm
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These scenes work well thematically
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They are beautifully shot and perfectly scored by Howard Shore. The Argonath communicates in 30 seconds the grandeur of past Gondor/Numenor compared to its current decayed form in a way that a more realistically-sized statue could not. The beacons communicate the hopefulness and historic importance of the moment in a way that a more low-key hilltop scene would not, not to mention the natural beauty of Middle-earth.
This, by the way, is why some of the dumber stuff in The Hobbit (and to some degree Legolas's Mumak takedown) is bad - there is no actual narrative purpose in Legolas running up the stairs to justify the suspension of disbelief. Plus some of it goes on forever. On the other hand, for another positive example: yes Sam and Frodo would have been baked on their little rock island in the lava at the end with realistic physics, but that image fits the story and themes perfectly.
You can do this kind of thing with almost any movie if you want to - why does the German colonel at the end of Casablanca get out of his car alone in a suspicious situation so he can conveniently get shot with only one witness? Is it really realistic that Michael Corleone is able to assassinate all of his rivals in The Godfather simultaneously, timed to his child's baptism? Does it really make sense that the Death Star has one huge weakness the Empire doesn't know about, Rogue One's retcon aside? It doesn't matter, because these things fit what the movie is doing narratively and thematically.
(This post was edited by kzer_za on Feb 4 2021, 7:54pm)
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