Tom Bombadil

[Darkhalcyon]

What exactly is he? and, why didn't they keep him in the movie?

[Ñólendil]

You might as well ask 'Did Elves have pointed ears?' or 'Did Balrogs have wings?'. The answers are no and yes in that order, ( ;) ) but my point is that this has been the subject of a long debate.

For a recent conversation that went into this question, click here (http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?threadid=2016).

Basically, as I understand it, Peter Jackson cut him out because he did not feel that Tom was an important character to the plot.

[ringbearer]

Originally posted by Darkhalcyon
What exactly is he? and, why didn't they keep him in the movie?

Or here (http://www.tolkientrail.com/entmoot/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1824) !