Hollywood Lacking in Clue, Film at Eleven

[gothwalk]

No church in movie of His Dark Materials

Ursula le Guin not impressed with Earthsea movie

That's impressively dumb. I don't think they've copped at all that the reason that the LOTR movies have succeeded so very well is that they stick very close to the plot of the book, and like glue to the spirit.

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[microgirl.livejournal.com]

I think he actually got disgusted and walked out when Aragorn fell off the cliff with the warg in The Two Towers...

Oh, I was so very nearly with him there. Spiritually obviously. But yeah, I walked out in tears of rage at the end of that film. As anyone who knows me will attest, my catchphrase for pretty much all of 2003 was "There were no fcuking elves at fcuking Helm's Deep!!" :D

However, I got over it enough to go see the Extended Edition when it was shown before RotK last year, and the extra bits do make it a much better film - as does knowing what to expect as regards extraneous bits.

I'm not as much of a purist as many, but that bit with the wargs just pissed me off.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I can enjoy the films for what they are, and they are matching in spirit, as Drew points out in the original post.

I wouldn't count myself as a purist, although I'm sure some think of me as such when I rant on about Arwen, elves at Helm's Deep, dwarves who shouldn't be used solely as comic relief, and such things, as well as file a missing entity report on Tom Bombadil, who has yet to make an onscreen appearance to the best of my knowledge.

But I can get past that, and still love the movies, if only for the beautiful scenery and for the perfect casting of Gandalf and Saruman!