No real discussion of Lord Of The Rings?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 20:03
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There are a lot of things that we can say would have made LOTR better had they not been changed -- because we read the book first. I have friends who had not read it until seeing the movie, and they prefer some of the movie ways. Like I said, there are some changes I liked and some I didn't.
The physical similarities between Sean Bean and David Wenham in the film are even more shocking to me when I see them out of makeup. The technical achievements in makeup, costuming, set design, music, etc... those are the things that made this adaptation work. Which is how it should be. The book works because of the small details. It makes sense that the film should work for the same reason.
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Originally posted by BlackoutNights:
I don't blame Jackson for it since he didn't write the script, but it's a shame the writers didn't get it. It's a real shame.
I've also got to say that Tolkein wasn't really that great of a writer. Don't misinterpret what I'm saying. He was one of the best storytellers, but as a writer in general I don't like his style and prefer George R.R. Martin. But Tolkien's story beats Martin's.
Jackson is not the 100% culprit. Walsh(his Wife) and Boyens are the primary reasons these things occured. Jackson did have lots of input though.
As for your comment on George R. R. Martin, I truely wish more people would read his stuff. He's a master storyteller in the realm of fantasy. I hate the way modern fantasy reads anymore. I suffered through 8 of Robert Jordan's Wheel of time books before finally calling it off. I just get so tired of re-reading the same things again and again.
I consider the 4 greatest storytellers of my time to be George R. R. Martin (ice and fire series), Niel Gaiman (Vertigo Comics & other works), Joss Whedon(we all know about him), and Frank Herbert(Dune and the subsequent novels HE wrote).
Tolkien is like the grand old man to me. He blazed the trail others would follow. I know Fellowship starts out slow and RoTK takes a while to wind down after the ring is destroyed. But this man was the first to do anything like this story and he rests in a special place in my mind above the previously mentioned 4 even if I sometimes enjoy the works of those other men more.
Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.
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