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<blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 1306518" data-attributes="member: 1194"><p>Everyone's entitled to their opinion.</p><p></p><p>And I am so sick of this Tolkein-fanboy opinion that _I_ could puke.</p><p></p><p>I have a question for anyone who thinks that PJ did a bad job in adapting an unfilmable, meandering, mistake-ridden book like LotR:</p><p></p><p>Do you really think that JRR Tolkein didn't make mistakes in the book that needed to be fixed to be able to make a film out of it?</p><p></p><p>And I'm not just talking about omitting Tom Bombadil either.</p><p></p><p>I'm talking about things that Umbran conveniently omitted in his reply to KenM - that Frodo was told that he had the One Ring, and that he should pack and leave.... and he promptly waits months in packing and leaving.</p><p>His overdescriptiveness and ridiculous dialogue make it painful to read in comparison to the crisp efficiency of the movie's scenes.</p><p></p><p>I REALLY wish I could find a webpage that details the things the documentary/featurette mentions.</p><p></p><p>Here's a page that is pretty close to my (overall) opinion on LotR book (minus his 'state of fantasy writing' bit): <a href="http://www.theferrett.com/showarticle.php?Rant=69" target="_blank">http://www.theferrett.com/showarticle.php?Rant=69</a></p><p>"But his writing also meanders. He spends a lot of time focusing in on things that better writers would discard. His plots are filled with side-trails that wind nowhere, just like real history, and interchanges that really don't matter much at all. But like a man with no editor, Tolkien regurgitates it all so that you can see it. </p><p></p><p>There are those who will say that part of the charm of Tolkien is that his books read like history books. To which I say: This isn't real life. And worse yet, he commits the fatal flaw in that a lot of these sidelines are boring."</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Tolkein purists concentrate on anal differences between the books and films...</p><p>Here's what "True Tolkein Fans" think are mistakes in the movies: <a href="http://groups.msn.com/LordoftheRingsTrueFans/moviemistakes.msnw" target="_blank">http://groups.msn.com/LordoftheRingsTrueFans/moviemistakes.msnw</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reapersaurus, post: 1306518, member: 1194"] Everyone's entitled to their opinion. And I am so sick of this Tolkein-fanboy opinion that _I_ could puke. I have a question for anyone who thinks that PJ did a bad job in adapting an unfilmable, meandering, mistake-ridden book like LotR: Do you really think that JRR Tolkein didn't make mistakes in the book that needed to be fixed to be able to make a film out of it? And I'm not just talking about omitting Tom Bombadil either. I'm talking about things that Umbran conveniently omitted in his reply to KenM - that Frodo was told that he had the One Ring, and that he should pack and leave.... and he promptly waits months in packing and leaving. His overdescriptiveness and ridiculous dialogue make it painful to read in comparison to the crisp efficiency of the movie's scenes. I REALLY wish I could find a webpage that details the things the documentary/featurette mentions. Here's a page that is pretty close to my (overall) opinion on LotR book (minus his 'state of fantasy writing' bit): [url]http://www.theferrett.com/showarticle.php?Rant=69[/url] "But his writing also meanders. He spends a lot of time focusing in on things that better writers would discard. His plots are filled with side-trails that wind nowhere, just like real history, and interchanges that really don't matter much at all. But like a man with no editor, Tolkien regurgitates it all so that you can see it. There are those who will say that part of the charm of Tolkien is that his books read like history books. To which I say: This isn't real life. And worse yet, he commits the fatal flaw in that a lot of these sidelines are boring." Meanwhile, Tolkein purists concentrate on anal differences between the books and films... Here's what "True Tolkein Fans" think are mistakes in the movies: [url]http://groups.msn.com/LordoftheRingsTrueFans/moviemistakes.msnw[/url] [/QUOTE]
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