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<blockquote data-quote="Hatmatter" data-source="post: 9489236" data-attributes="member: 75077">Interesting everyone. Thanks.I can relate to people not enjoying a particular adaption because of particular choices by the filmmaker. I know it has almost been canonized as the great superhero film, but I merely &quot;mostly liked&quot; Dark Knight. My sister, though, after seeing it, hated it because Ledger's depiction of Joker diverged from the comics. I didn't argue with her; I got it. For me, the film still works despite some of the silly plot elements around which the narrative revolves toward the end of the film. For her, she could not get over how Ledger and Nolan changed the Joker.So, I get it if the depiction of Samwise in Jackson's films turns off someone like GreyLord to the relative success of the film adaptation.What my review was addressing though (feel free to read it from the link in the OP if you would like; you may be surprised to realize it is not about Jackson's Hobbit trilogy) is how Villeneuve's &quot;bad idea&quot; (described in the review) reduces the depiction of sexuality and politics to the most unrealistic of children's fairy tales, a decision that ends up doing violence to Herbert's story. What is more, it is a superficialization of sexuality and politics that disrupts the greater conversation going on between cinema and culture by dumping into that conversation an abominably silly idea with regard to sex and love and political stability.Upon this (what I find offensive) decision I base my critique of the film, irrespective of it being &quot;action-paced&quot; or &quot;epic&quot; in scope.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hatmatter, post: 9489236, member: 75077"] Interesting everyone. Thanks. I can relate to people not enjoying a particular adaption because of particular choices by the filmmaker. I know it has almost been canonized as the great superhero film, but I merely "mostly liked" [I]Dark Knight[/I]. My sister, though, after seeing it, hated it because Ledger's depiction of Joker diverged from the comics. I didn't argue with her; I got it. For me, the film still works despite some of the silly plot elements around which the narrative revolves toward the end of the film. For her, she could not get over how Ledger and Nolan changed the Joker. So, I get it if the depiction of Samwise in Jackson's films turns off someone like GreyLord to the relative success of the film adaptation. What my review was addressing though (feel free to read it from the link in the OP if you would like; you may be surprised to realize it is not [I]about[/I] Jackson's [I]Hobbit[/I] trilogy) is how Villeneuve's "bad idea" (described in the review) reduces the depiction of sexuality and politics to the most unrealistic of children's fairy tales, a decision that ends up doing violence to Herbert's story. What is more, it is a superficialization of sexuality and politics that disrupts the greater conversation going on between cinema and culture by dumping into that conversation an abominably silly idea with regard to sex and love and political stability. Upon [I]this[/I] (what I find offensive) decision I base my critique of the film, irrespective of it being "action-paced" or "epic" in scope. [/QUOTE]

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