Questions about differences in plot/characters/details between a movie based on a book and the source book, and vice versa.
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Why does Grima Wormtongue have black hair?
In the LOTR movie, Wormtongue is depicted as having black hair, which is out of place, since the Rohirrim all have blond hair. Is there any in-universe reason for giving him black hair?
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How did the Witch King of Angmar get his sword back?
Spoilers for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:
The Witch King clearly has his sword in The Fellowship of the Ring. How and when did he get his sword back? Judging by the shape of ...
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Where do the bodies of the dead Tributes go?
I've only seen the movie-version of The Hunger Games, and have yet to read the books. Is it explained where the bodies of the dead Tributes go, if they are removed at all?
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Was Gollum completely naked in the books?
This might sound like a weird question, but here goes anyway.
In the LotR and the Hobbit movies, Gollum is always shown with a piece of cloth hiding his private area. It seems dull to me that he ...
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Height of the Orcs of Gundabad
I had always thought all Orcs to have quite the same posture, but when watching The Hobbit movie and the Orcs of Gundabad are mentioned (together with the Pale Orc), I noticed that they are larger ...
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Was Verhoeven's Starship Troopers intended to be a satire on war or a parody of the book? Was it authorised to be such?
From WP's page on the film:
Director Verhoeven says his satirical use of irony and hyperbole is "playing with fascism or fascist imagery to point out certain aspects of American society... of ...
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What is the ending of the novel Kimball Ravenswood?
I like the film What's Your Raashee? but I heard that it has a different ending from Madhu Rye's novel Kimball Ravenswood which the movie based on.
So, what is the ending of Madhu Rye's novel Kimball ...
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Why can Arwen decide her mortality
I want to know what the books say about this.
In the movie Arwen gives her necklace (Evenstar) to Aragorn, and he says that she cannot give it away (I am not sure if this could also mean her ...
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How does the Movie, “The Seeker - The Dark is Rising” compare to the books by Susan Cooper?
I've not seen the movie, but I really enjoyed the books as a child and I am getting a literature unit ready for my daughter using the books. I wondered how faithful the movie is to the books in ...
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What kind of rabbits did Radagast use to pull his sleigh?
In the Hobbit movie, Ragadast has a sleigh that is pulled by rabbits. At one point he says something along these lines to Gandalf:
These are ??? rabbits! I'd like to see them try (to catch me)
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Why are the Bene Gesserit tonsured/bald in the movie?
The opening paragraphs of Dune explicitly state that the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother has a full head of hair:
The old woman was let in by the side door down the vaulted passage by Paul’s room ...
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What elements from non-Hobbit Tolkien canon have been included in the Hobbit movie?
I don't expect a great answer till all parts are released, but at least, as per the current knowledge, what elements (plot, characters, events, ideas, dialog, items etc..) are known to be in Peter ...
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Is the movie rendition of the Golden Compass significantly different from the book?
I've seen some reviews which claim that all religious related subtext was subdued or removed from the movie. Did this result in a movie which is significantly different from the book?
