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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ibrandul" data-source="post: 8804733" data-attributes="member: 6871736">I rewatched Jackson's LotR recently, and I saw nothing remotely as extreme as some of the scenes in episode 6 of RoP. I know more than one person who can handle Jackson's LotR but could not handle episode 6 of RoP. Perhaps it's a difference of degree, not of kind, but there is a real difference.Whether Jackson's Hobbit contains something comparable, I couldn't say; I saw only the first of those films and detested it.And again, I do like RoP—and no, I don't think all entertainment must be appropriate for all viewers. The over-the-top violence in ep. 6 is a blemish, in my view, but not an essentially damaging one.If, however, you mean the books of The Hobbit, LotR, and The Silmarillion have over-the-top violence and horror comparable to what is found in RoP ep. 6, we'll have to agree to disagree. There's a difference in kind between the way those books depict violence and horrific situations, on the one hand, and the way it's depicted onscreen, on the other.</blockquote>