Re:#5 Lord of the Rings

Note #7 by Aldous at Thu Dec 27 19:37:02 2001 on board fluff

On Thu Dec 27 16:05:14 2001, Aiwendil wrote:
> On Thu Dec 27 15:00:34 2001, Twiggy wrote:
> > For all this talk about how closely the movie followed the book,
> > there was one thing I didn't understand. I thought Gandalf had a
> > broomstick and an owl. Why weren't they in the movie?
>
Considering the time of the movie release, are Owls and broomsticks
not just a little too much lke Harry Potter?

I can't remember, but the owl and the broomstick do not really play a
key role in the plot so are ripe for cutting from the story for
reasons of being concise (well, 3hrs but......)

Aldous
The wizard with no name