It'd be the only way to really have a chance of making a successful movie franchise. Maybe a few scenes with the others when they're split up, but not much, maybe Nynaeve meeting up with Moiraine and Lan, and Perrin's rescue from the Whitecloaks.
Would you continue that idea through later movies/books? Or would you adapt it? The first three books could focus pretty much on Rand, and only occassionally have a side story happen and everything could be told that needs telling. Focusing on Rand would work for the first three movies in my opinion.
However, starting with the Shadow Rising, and onward, it would be impossible to focus just on Rand. For example, in the Shadow Rising we have the following major storylines:
1. Rand, Mat, Moiraine, Lan, Egwene in the Waste.
2. Elayne, Nynaeve, Thom, Juilin hunting BA in Tanchico.
3. Perrin, Faile, Padan Fain, Whitecloaks in the Two Rivers.
Once the major characters split up in The Shadow Rising the story is all over the place from then on. It gets even worse in later books.
I don't know how anyone could make a movie after book 4. I'll need to think on it some more.
This message last edited by Logain on 17/12/2009 at 12:51:41 AM
EotW movie. What would you cut to make a 2-2:30 movie?
- 16/12/2009 07:35:41 PM
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Two things cannot be cut. At all.
- 17/12/2009 12:31:06 AM
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Bela and Narg would definitely be in MY version of the movie! *NM*
- 17/12/2009 12:45:41 AM
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anything not from Rand's POV
- 17/12/2009 12:39:59 AM
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Interesting
- 17/12/2009 12:50:15 AM
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Personally, I would take out what was probably the LotR's biggest failing...
- 17/12/2009 05:52:04 AM
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I'd split it into two movies and add a dream sex scene between Harry and Hermione.
- 30/12/2009 04:35:42 AM
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