Partial agreement...at least with respect to the theatrical versions

Posted by padreken (A) on January 2, 2004 at 11:50:00

In Reply to: They took our precious posted by clarkjohnsen on January 2, 2004 at 11:20:53:

I love these books, and the purloined lembas bread/banishment of Sam scene in ROTK and the wholly invented battle with the Warg riders/Aragorn falling off the cliff scene in TTT were the 2 scenes that bothered me the most in what I still regard as an impressive and monumental achievement by Peter Jackson and his crew. The treatment of Faramir in TTT(particularly the theatrical version) bothered me as well, although the extended version mitigated these concerns somewhat (both FOTR and TTT are substantially improved in the expanded versions, and I expect the same will be true of ROTK as well). The commentary tracks on these DVD's are highly recommended for the candid remarks of Peter Jackson and screenwriters Frances Walsh and Philippa Boyens on this issue.

For those interested, I highly recommend the link below for the excellent survey of the differences between the films and the book-look for the FOTR/TTT/ROTK links at the bottom.

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Topic - They took our precious - clarkjohnsen 11:20:53 01/02/04 (14)

Why is it that some Boston critics have to pretend like they're writing reviews for The New Yorker? - Audiophilander 21:58:15 01/02/04 (8)

Except that The New Yorker critic loved ROTK. - Harmonia 15:36:39 01/03/04 (5)

Maybe you better read that again. Here ya go! - clarkjohnsen 12:12:35 01/04/04 (3)

Maybe YOU better read it again. - Harmonia 13:21:50 01/05/04 (0)

Anthony Lane is my hero (nt) - Bulkington 20:03:40 01/04/04 (1)

Great writer, pretty good critic... nt - clarkjohnsen 09:41:09 01/05/04 (0)

Re: From Anthony Lane's review... - rico 17:07:39 01/03/04 (0)

Re: Why is it that some Boston critics have to pretend like they're writing reviews for The New Yorker? - Bulkington 09:05:25 01/03/04 (1)

"Characterization wasn't among Tolkien's strong points and Jackson didn't improve on him much." - clarkjohnsen 12:08:08 01/04/04 (0)

Yet another post about a movie that "bored" you, Clark? - Dalton 17:24:12 01/02/04 (2)

"you're dying to garner everyone's opinion on it here." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 12:03:49 01/04/04 (0)

Snert! - Harmonia 15:41:27 01/03/04 (0)

Partial agreement...at least with respect to the theatrical versions - padreken 11:50:00 01/02/04 (1)

Very interesting... thanks. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:09:09 01/02/04 (0)

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Partial agreement...at least with respect to the theatrical versions - padreken 11:50:00 01/02/04 (1)

Very interesting... thanks. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:09:09 01/02/04 (0)

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