Mount Doom: Book or Movie

[WhiteElvenLily]

I must say: Each version of Mount Doom was perfect for what it was in. I love, love looove the book, I really realllly looooooved(hehe, sorry ;D ) the part just before they go into MD, with the confrontation of Frodo and Gollum, and then when Sam lets him go....sigh...I was hoping that would be in the movie, but I do understand that it wouldn't have made much sense, especially since they were emphasizing Sam and Smeagol's hate for each other, and not emphasizing the fact that Sam wore the Ring, I say, if you don't read the books, you wouldn't even KNOW he wore the Ring.

Also, I am very glad they did MD the way they did in the movies. Ya gotta admit, if Gollum only fell, and quckly at that, that would be terrible, I repeat terrible, because when you have a movie that is in total about 7 hours or something like that, the last thing you wanna do is give it a quick ending. It worked perfectly for the book, but big no-no for a movie. And what they did to make it longer was totally believable, and it made it realy exciting too. I mean, even if you've read the book, weren't you still scared out of your wits thinking Frodo was gonna fall?(Okay, I knew he would live obviously, but that just shows how good the movie is, if you get nervous even if you've seen it a billion times already ;D )

But I MUST say, I was really, really, really wanting to hear Gollum's last lines. I even have it memorized exactly: "Precious! Precious! Precious! My precious, Oh my Precious!!!"
(insane, I know I am)

And I found that insanely hilarious when Gollum was "flying". Definately not what I had imagined. I thought he would be more like, standing on the ground grappling with Frodo.
Hahahahah!!!

Okay, so now you know how crazy I am. That is one of the most amazing scenes, and this is definately the longest post I've ever written on any forum! ;D

[Galadriel of Lorien]

The book, definately! The movies were very emmotional,
but it can never cope the books.

[Tárië Úcenite]

I agree, definately the book!!!

[oceansun]

I have to say that I like both, the book is fantastic but the movie is great. So they are on the same level...well maybe the book is a little higher on the scale..lol..

[vikingmaiden]

the book was way more suspenseful for me...the movie was heart-wrenching, and when i read the book, i could picture what was happening so much more....what a great book!!!!

[Lady Orohisiel Rainyaviel]

I love them both sooo much. When i was reading the book for the first time and frodo decided to keep the ring i was like noooooooooo!!!!! and i loved gollum's last wail 'precioussssssss!' but like has been said the movie had more emotion like when frodo was hanging off my heart was going mad in my chest because there were all these rumours that frodo was going to die in the films.

But i supposse the books were better, i think the books will always be better .

Lol frodo baggins! i thought sauron looked fat too

[Ororuthiel]

I loved the way PJ did it in the film... but I'd have to say the book. It's like Ivreniel said: "... the emotions are all your own." And that's what I think as well ;D. Besides, its the original, and no matter how brilliant PJ's film version is, it will never be perfect in anyone's eyes. Or in J.R.R. Tolkien's, for that matter . And the book won't be either, but I personally think it's better. That's just my opinion ;D

[Lady Eonev]

Ok so i've only read the first page of posts, but i found i loved the movie better than the book. tolkien takes to long to get into the story, and has a tendicy to talk about how the mountins grew for 3 pages. i'm one of those people who is happy with a sentence and turns it into a paragraph in my mind.

the first time i read the book was when i was 12, i had just finished the hobbit (for the tenth time) and wanted more stories about bilbo, my favourte charachter. i started reading LotR and got annoyed that it was about some silly boy called frodo. i ended throwing the book. Well when the movie came out mum dragged me to go see it (Ta mum) and now i can't get enough of LotR. i still find the books a bit full on to read, but i do love the movie to death.

God bless Peter Jackson for creating my obsession.

Lady Eonev

[Evenstar]

Nienor said:

How can I answer that question? The book was incredible...the movie made me bawl.

I know! How can you answer that question! I mean..the book gives you more detail of little things, but the movie brings it to life! lol

[Samwise10]

Book I think

[Lady Undomiel]

I prefer the movie version because it's more dynamic... the moment where Frodo and Gollum are fighting for the ring and where Frodo almost fall in the fire... I really think it was made with a lot of passion!

[Arien Elensar]

I like the movie version better as well.

[MouthOfSauron]

Mount Doom is great in both the movie and book!!!!!!

[Arwen Evenstar]

well... i would say the book, because the movie is teling us what mount doom would be like. i like to have a choise... ;D