Timeline for Did Peter Jackson ever explain why he left out the Scouring of the Shire?
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| Jul 7, 2014 at 5:27 | comment | added | Andy | I'm personally happy that actual ending of the film matched the final words in the book, regardless of any cinematic ommissions such as The Scouring of the Shire : "Well, I'm back." | |
| Jan 29, 2014 at 21:42 | comment | added | Oldcat | It also adds to the realism - even the end of an age isn't the end of life and troubles. Hobbits have to grow up and fight for their own, and even happy endings aren't happy for everyone, like the Ringbearers who must leave the world. Tolkein, who saw the end of two World Wars, understood this well. | |
| Jan 17, 2014 at 17:59 | comment | added | Nerrolken | I never understood the "too many endings" thing. Was I the only audience member who just intuited that RotK, after a trilogy of that length and weight, would end with "The End"? It didn't even occur to me that the movie would be over until I saw that title card. (And for those who are SUPER-nerds: it was Elijah Wood who had that conversation with Jack Nicholson. Not that I've watched the Extended Editions too much or anything.) | |
| May 10, 2012 at 13:06 | comment | added | user1030 | To be snarky: The reason it has so many endings is because the actual ending was cut off! If you take any long work of fiction and cut it off halfway through the falling action, there's still going to be a lot of threads going on. | |
| May 10, 2012 at 9:51 | comment | added | Ilari Kajaste | I remember to have once counted 7 separate endings during a rewatch... | |
| May 10, 2012 at 0:44 | history | answered | Grant Palin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |