Not everyone enjoys the same kind of books. Some people find The Lord of the Rings too long, and that’s ok. One could say it’s their loss; but maybe they derive enjoyment from other things that I don’t.
Maybe you are not literate enough to read and comprehend the genius of J.R.R. Tolkien. Or perhaps you are just trying to provoke an argument.
Millions of readers in almost every country in the world would disagree with your statement.
:tsktsk: As an art form, literature is highly subjective. It is not practical to fault someone for taste. Those who do so too much may find themselves turned to stone at sunrise.
Maybe you are not literate enough to read and comprehend the genius of J.R.R. Tolkien. Or perhaps you are just trying to provoke an argument.
Millions of readers in almost every country in the world would disagree with your statement.
I am female, and perhaps this is my feminine side showing, but I don’t think it is so much as being PC as the reality of the concept. Each of us have to deal with temptation and our own adventure into faith. That is a masculine battle. (a battle of strength and will and not strictly male)There you go. There must be thousands of those decisions that completely depart from the books.
There are going to be a lot of female characters in The Hobbit that WERE NOT in the book.
We must be PC, you know. Let’s turn Middle Earth into a reflection of 21st century USA/Europa.
Please don’t wag your finger at me! Calling The Lord of the Rings “painful” is quite a value judgement, wouldn’t you say? And I am not a troll, thank you very much.
Indeed it is a value judgement, but the other user was critiquing a piece of art, not another user.Please don’t wag your finger at me! Calling The Lord of the Rings “painful” is quite a value judgement, wouldn’t you say? And I am not a troll, thank you very much.
)The thing about the scouring of the shire is that Jackson himself doesn’t like that part of the book. I can understand omitting it from the movie. It would have dragged out the ending even more than it was.
Oh, for goodness sake! Some people are never satisfied. I don’t mean to come across as condescending, but there aren’t a ‘‘lot’’ of female characters in the film. Galadriel is returning as part of the ‘‘White Council’’ just like in the appendix Tolkien wrote. In fact she was the founder. They are basing this on Tolkien’s writings. This stuff WAS going during the events of ‘‘The Hobbit’’. It may not have been in the book, but this is based on Tolkien’s writings. Now Jackson has said that he did invent the character of Tauriel, but she is not a major character. So, I see no reason why they can’t flesh out the wood elves by introducing a minor character. It’s not as if they are turning some of the dwarfs into female counterparts.There you go. There must be thousands of those decisions that completely depart from the books.
There are going to be a lot of female characters in The Hobbit that WERE NOT in the book.
We must be PC, you know. Let’s turn Middle Earth into a reflection of 21st century USA/Europa.
Ditto. I don’t usually go to theaters because in a theater you can’t pause the action to make a potty run. But I’m going to this one, because I want to see it in 3D. We’ll also get the DVDs, when the expanded “director’s cut” versions come out – and there will be a director’s versionI cannot even remember the last time I went to the theater to see a movie (I think I’ve gone twice in the last 6 years). But I’m definitely going to see this one! :bounce:
I probably won’t go as many times as the original trilogy, though. I saw those three films a total of 16 times in the theater. (Hey, I was young and single at the time with no kids and less financial obligations.
I love the books, but I’m 100% okay with there being 3 Hobbit movies. I cannot imagine how Peter Jackson is stretching it all out into 3 movies, but I’m excited to find out. The more the better!
Ditto, and it’s a LOT of watching
By the book? No, it’s the Battle of the Hornburg. By the movies? They never give a name for the battle, but most people associate it with the name Helm’s Deep, so they call it after that
WWI’s technological innovations in mass killing (poison gas, aerial bombardment, tanks, automatic weaponry) probably influenced LOTR’s view of Saruman’s warfare and the destruction of the countryside, as well as Tolkien’s ghastly experiences in trench warfare, which probably influenced the descriptions of Mordor.
Me! I went to the midnight premiere with enough people to fill two rows. I really liked it and enjoyed the parts Jackson added with the White Council. On the other hand, I’ve seen several bad reviews even on CAF. Personal preference, I guess.
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