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GoodGuyA
Lorien
Nov 15 2012, 5:05pm
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People are calling you out on this assertion 
You said before that you wished PJ had made Wormtongue more subtle in the films, but what would that have accomplished? He has only a major role in one chapter and then brief appearances in two others. Exactly what purpose are we to infer from the character if he's just tossed aside? In fact, his "arc" so to speak is almost like a mirror of Gollum's and in the end he just fulfills a role that would have otherwise been uninteresting. As I've said, I think there is a great deal of subtlety in the physical acting, but making him seem just amoral is going against the purpose of the character. Tolkien created a swayed man in the midst of Rohan who everyone could see, but no one could stop because he was the the behest of the king. Clearly he was evil with no real intentions except serving his master, given that he enacted nefarious schemes that seemed to be traced to him extremely easily. Again, what would we gain from "masterful" subtlety with this particular character, especially when you've complained about not every character needing to be complex?
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SCOD - The words of a snake
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FlyingSerkis
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Nov 14 2012, 5:56pm
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Brad Dourif is amazing in this scene. I love his delivery of "I told you to take the Wizard's staff!"
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thomasofrohan
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Nov 14 2012, 6:00pm
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Music
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starlesswinter
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Nov 14 2012, 6:15pm
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IMO, that's the problem with it
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 14 2012, 8:20pm
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"More subtle" is not necessarily "better"
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thomasofrohan
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Nov 14 2012, 10:18pm
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Its a matter of taste
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 14 2012, 11:19pm
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But how many people actually notice something like that?
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starlesswinter
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Nov 14 2012, 11:53pm
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Most people I have spoken with
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 4:43am
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That's not the point I was trying to make
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starlesswinter
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Nov 15 2012, 6:32am
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Got it
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 6:46am
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But was Tolkien really subtle himself? //
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macfalk
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Nov 15 2012, 2:02pm
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Depends on what you mean by subtle
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 6:51pm
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I love a good bad guy design!
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starlesswinter
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Nov 15 2012, 7:59pm
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What do I expect from PJ?
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 8:22pm
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Well hope that the dim witted audience members
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ForestPark
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Nov 22 2012, 2:22am
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As you see,
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GoodGuyA
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Nov 15 2012, 5:05pm
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What's subtlety got to do with it?
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FarFromHome
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Nov 15 2012, 9:39am
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The bit of music I'm talking about, which plays over this, is not in 5/4
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FlyingSerkis
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Nov 15 2012, 1:06pm
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Great choice, thanks!
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Nov 14 2012, 6:15pm
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Do I dare to put in my two cents? :P
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zarabia
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Nov 16 2012, 7:00am
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Movie Demographics like LOTR need to appeal to a
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Bombadil
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Nov 16 2012, 2:16pm
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Meant to say this earlier,
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One Ringer
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Nov 21 2012, 1:14pm
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