Chen G.
Mithlond
Apr 21 2020, 9:17am
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Lake-town is a relatively brief stopover, the movie could take a moment to give Bard a proper introduction.
But, its essential that the storytelling slows down with the introduction of Laketown, both in the sense of the deep breath before the plunge, as well as in the sense that we the audience need to become invested in Laketown so that a) its conflageration means something to us and b) so that, in the later parts of the story, we sympathize with the People of Laketown more than with the Dwarves, which adds a complexity to the story.
I don’t think Bilbo just finding the ring then giving a nice speech to the company about being willing to help the dwarves reclaim their homeland would be enough to end part 1 satisfactorily. The whole film would just be a series of adventures with a sudden “to be continued” type ending with no arc whatsoever to make the film stand on its own.
The idea in the two-film cut was that Bilbo's ingenuity to get the Dwarves to the barrels was what earned Thorin's appreciation. You can still catch the buildup to the climax that never was in how Thorin comes to trust Bilbo when he tells the others to "do what he says."
So there is some payoff there.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Apr 21 2020, 9:21am)
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