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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vogon Poet: [QB] To quote Terry Pratchett (roughly, since it's from memory): [QUOTE]If, when you're 10 years old, you don't think [i]The Lord of the Rings[/i] is the best book ever written, then there's probably something wrong with you; if, when you're 40 years old, you still think it's the best book ever written, then there's defintely something wrong with you."[/QUOTE]Edy, I see where you're coming from but you need to chill out a bit. I've re-read all your posts and I've boiled them down to the following: 1. You don't like the films. Well, that's your prerogative. I'm not going to quibble except to point out that so far yuou've only seen one of three, and don't seem desposed to give the others a chance. 2. They shouldn't have been made, because TLotR is sacrosanct. I refer you to the words of Mr. Pratchett. 3. They shouldn't have been made, because no-one could ever get them 'right.' Now, I'm not quite sure how to handle this one, except in a few specifics I'll tackle in the next few sections. But your stance reminds me of some prat over at the Flameboard who said that there shouldn't be gun control because it doesn't completely work. Absurd. Yet they remained all for drug controls even though those work even less. 4. The casting is all wrong. JRRT didn't provide detailed facial descriptions of his characters. It's left up to you to imagine them. If you expect a movie version to somehow emulate your own imagination, then you're living in Cloudcuckooland. On the other hand, maybe you had your own ideas about which actual acturs should play the roles; well, we all played the game of Fantasy LotR Cast - I saw Connery as Theoden, Patrick Stewart as Gandalf, Richard Briers as Bilbo, among others - yet we remain aware of the realities of Hollywood. They may not be available; they may want too much money; they may not want to move to New Zealand for a year; and, most likely, remember that most actors are ignorant at best and semi-illiterate at worst: many of them had probably never read the books and didn't see it as the prestige project it was. 5. Each scene was done all wrong. Again, JRRT didn't provide detailed stage plans for everything. It's up to the director's interpretation. I'm encouraged, however, that you at least admit that movies can't be made exactly like the books. As for your examples. . . a) The Battle between the West and Sauron. I'll agree, I'm a bit puzzled about this one and the changes that were made - sticking to the original version wouldn't have made that much difference surely? But it doesn't work to the detriment of the whole film. b) Arwen replacing Glorfindel. This was done for purely star=pleasing reasons, yet I see what they intended. Glorfindel is a non-character, he serves no other purpose in the trilogy. In Bakshi's version he was replaced by Legolas for similar reasons. Yet Glorfindel has more character development than Arwen! In the end, it doesn't really matter. I'm still worried about what other, more obtrusive, lengths Jackson might go to to increase Liv's screen time, however. c) "I can accept the cutting out of the Old Forest." Thank God for that, I didn't want to have to go through all that again! d) "Since when did Eomer look like a dirty hippy?" My currewnt connection precluded viewing the trailer, so I can't really comment here. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the 'look' of the Riders of Rohan closely matched the faux-Celtic look of [i]Braveheart[/i] and [i]Battlefield Earth[/i]: it just seems to be trendy right now. e) "Since when was �owyn unattractive?" Again, no comment, except to say that Miranda Otto, who I've only seen in [i]The Thin Red Line[/i], didn't strike me as unattractive. But then you don't seem to like Liv Tyler either, so I'll just chalk that down to different tastes. 6. "Since when did modern blockbuster movies have really fakey 3d effects?" Well, others have answered this quite adequately. But I didn't notice people complaining about the awful FX in [i]Spiderman[/i], easily the worst film this year. But in the spirit of reconciliation I'll end by saying I agree with you on your assessment of Eddings. And as for Weiss & Hickman. . . ugh. First trilogy was good, second one not so goo. Then it just became this franchise. Thank God for the Internet, it gave a home to third-rate fan fiction that authors might otherwise have licensed to increase their revenue. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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