The prologue to Fellowship of the Ring (movie) is supposed to be told from the POV of Galadriel. So, really from a narrative and in-universe viewpoint, we have her to blame for the negative perception of Isildur because she lied about him. The only other account we have to go on in said movie is Elrond's perspective, so again, they are to blame for presenting him in a negative light.
Amusing that you think Amazon are going to bring Isildur into line with Tolkien's depiction from a book they *explicitly don't have the rights to*. Wonder how they're going to go from making him a cowardly and idiotic school dropout who repeatedly shames his father with his failures, then about the treachery of Pharazon's son to a great hero who risked his life to save a fruit from the tree of Nimloth.
They probably won't: I predict it will be his sister who does that, and Galadriel will cut the ring off Sauron's hand. Isildur willl then take credit for it.
The Disaster of the Gladden Fields is probably my favorite Middle-earth short story, for all the reasons you say. The book (to say nothing of the movie) did Isildur wrong.
...and Rings of Power looks set to do him even worse still. His current incarnation is a useless and rather dim school dropout who has failed in every job he's ever had and is overshadowed by his clearly smarter and more capable sister.
Interviews reinforce the idea that he's been intentionally depicted as an idiot to make way for said made-up sister.
He's also a coward who failed to disclose the treachery he unwittlingly partook in.
The chance that the fool in the show will turn into the man who saved a fruit from White Tree of Nimloth at risk of his own life and died trying to return the Ring to Rivendell are basically none. Amazon will likely change it so his sister is the one who does that former.
The prologue to Fellowship of the Ring (movie) is supposed to be told from the POV of Galadriel. So, really from a narrative and in-universe viewpoint, we have her to blame for the negative perception of Isildur because she lied about him. The only other account we have to go on in said movie is Elrond's perspective, so again, they are to blame for presenting him in a negative light.
Amusing that you think Amazon are going to bring Isildur into line with Tolkien's depiction from a book they *explicitly don't have the rights to*. Wonder how they're going to go from making him a cowardly and idiotic school dropout who repeatedly shames his father with his failures, then about the treachery of Pharazon's son to a great hero who risked his life to save a fruit from the tree of Nimloth.
They probably won't: I predict it will be his sister who does that, and Galadriel will cut the ring off Sauron's hand. Isildur willl then take credit for it.
The Disaster of the Gladden Fields is probably my favorite Middle-earth short story, for all the reasons you say. The book (to say nothing of the movie) did Isildur wrong.
...and Rings of Power looks set to do him even worse still. His current incarnation is a useless and rather dim school dropout who has failed in every job he's ever had and is overshadowed by his clearly smarter and more capable sister.
Interviews reinforce the idea that he's been intentionally depicted as an idiot to make way for said made-up sister.
He's also a coward who failed to disclose the treachery he unwittlingly partook in.
The chance that the fool in the show will turn into the man who saved a fruit from White Tree of Nimloth at risk of his own life and died trying to return the Ring to Rivendell are basically none. Amazon will likely change it so his sister is the one who does that former.