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<blockquote data-quote="ART!" data-source="post: 8175338" data-attributes="member: 79926"><p>I've heard that for many readers familiar with LOTR it's best to read it in reverse, i.e. read the 3rd Age stuff toward the end of the book first, then the 2nd Age stuff, etc.</p><p></p><p>That is the first time I've ever hear of the two being compared as the same kind of film. I see the two films as fundamentally different, but art criticism is a funny thing, so you be you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Yeah, I think it's less cut-and-dry than a lot of people want to make it. There's real subtlety and commentary going on in how the character is written and how Depp plays it.</p><p></p><p>That said, a talented Native actor could have dinner equally and even more interesting things with it.</p><p></p><p>Jackson was not keen on directing it himself, and the plan was for two movies, until during<em> filming</em> the studios said they wanted three. You can't do that and get good movies, although there's probably some exception in the history of film-making I'm not thinking of.</p><p></p><p>I watched a 4 hour and 20 minute fan edit recently and, aside from a couple of slightly jarring cuts that no one else in the family noticed, it was thoroughly enjoyable.</p><p></p><p>I know Token wrote it ostensibly for his kids, but did he think of it as a "children's book"? It does not read that way to me as an adult.</p><p></p><p>I feel the same way. I don't expect a faithful adaptation, just an "inspired by" version of some cool stuff from the 2nd Age.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if we know whether they existed or not in the 2nd Age - they just don't enter into <em>anyone else's</em> reckoning until the 3rd Age.</p><p></p><p>The beings who became the Istari were around in some form during the 2nd Age, so...maybe we'll see them?</p><p></p><p>Her otherworldly approach to Galadriel is one of my favorite things in those movies.</p><p></p><p>Tolkien started writing a 4th Age story, and what little he wrote is in the last History of Middle Earth volume. He abandoned it because, IIRC, it ultimately seemed anti-climactic and sort of depressing, with orc cults and the like developing. Perhaps too prophetic. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ART!, post: 8175338, member: 79926"] I've heard that for many readers familiar with LOTR it's best to read it in reverse, i.e. read the 3rd Age stuff toward the end of the book first, then the 2nd Age stuff, etc. That is the first time I've ever hear of the two being compared as the same kind of film. I see the two films as fundamentally different, but art criticism is a funny thing, so you be you. :) Yeah, I think it's less cut-and-dry than a lot of people want to make it. There's real subtlety and commentary going on in how the character is written and how Depp plays it. That said, a talented Native actor could have dinner equally and even more interesting things with it. Jackson was not keen on directing it himself, and the plan was for two movies, until during[I] filming[/I] the studios said they wanted three. You can't do that and get good movies, although there's probably some exception in the history of film-making I'm not thinking of. I watched a 4 hour and 20 minute fan edit recently and, aside from a couple of slightly jarring cuts that no one else in the family noticed, it was thoroughly enjoyable. I know Token wrote it ostensibly for his kids, but did he think of it as a "children's book"? It does not read that way to me as an adult. I feel the same way. I don't expect a faithful adaptation, just an "inspired by" version of some cool stuff from the 2nd Age. I'm not sure if we know whether they existed or not in the 2nd Age - they just don't enter into [I]anyone else's[/I] reckoning until the 3rd Age. The beings who became the Istari were around in some form during the 2nd Age, so...maybe we'll see them? Her otherworldly approach to Galadriel is one of my favorite things in those movies. Tolkien started writing a 4th Age story, and what little he wrote is in the last History of Middle Earth volume. He abandoned it because, IIRC, it ultimately seemed anti-climactic and sort of depressing, with orc cults and the like developing. Perhaps too prophetic. ;) [/QUOTE]
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