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In Reply to: Lord of the Rings, after due contemplation.... posted by late on February 19, 2002 at 13:07:25:
I absolutely concur with everything you've said. Even so, I think LotR was about as good as anyone could have done given two considerations. First, length - A mark of good literature (IMO) is that every word, or almost every word, counts. There would have been no way to make a movie under about six hours long that would have captured all of the significant events and phrases in that book. That would have meant an 18 hour experience for the trilogy. How many people will take that much time out of their lives for a movie?Secondly, marketability (is that a word?)- As to what was cut, I'm sure there was discussion that the fight scenes and the scenes which could show off the special effects were emphasized, because that is what the average movie-goer wants (unfortunately).
So, even though there were definitely compromises, I think Peter Jackson did a good job. At least it was a film with action that didn't star Ah-nuld or Stallone :)
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