In the book if i'm right Gandalf the White fought against the Witch King, and in the ROTK they just use him as a traffic light, hitting with a little light the Nazguls, and then fighting against the army of Mordor, but he doesn't use his magic powers.It was wrong from my personal opinion, also the fight with the Witch King could have to be most spectacular except for the defeat of Sauron.
P.S. Is it my impression or Viggo Mortensen have a facial espression of someone who has been hittend in the OO and is feeling pain for all the duration of the movie when he's not fighting?
In the book, they just had a stand-off, but no real "one-on-one fight" per se. It was a bit like the movie, only in the book, Gandalf didn't fell off from Shadowfax and looked like a powerless wimp.
About Viggo's facial expression, well, Aragorn in the book was always described as " ragged and grim-looking" so Viggo and the crew wanted to pull that off.
And sauron, your sig is awesome! I remember that from way back Valentine's Day of last year. Oh, I remember some tension.
their are many reasons but you probably wouldnt like those either.
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I agree, the Witch-King died too soon and too easy, the Witch-King is symbolized as a powerful being and slayed as an unpowerful being.
It sure should have been more spectacular, it would have been even better when the Witch-King slayed Gandalf, for as I said before: it symbolizes a powerful being...
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bare cold heart; void thoughts.
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To my opinion the movie is completely different, I would rather call it a "based-on" movie, which never is the same, but always (a little or more) follows its own path...
__________________ Dwelling in Darkness,
bare cold heart; void thoughts.
Empty inside; blank state of mind,
being nothing at all; divinity in peace.
I understand compleatly...it is a compleatly differnet entity from the book, but They dont add in such huge scens as Gandalf being killed by Wiki and destroy the entire plot...that just wouldnt work...
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Feb 1st, 2005 08:59 PM
I remember that from way back Valentine's Day of last year. Oh, I remember some tension. 
