Lord of the Rings: Both sides of the argument - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Eurytus · 12-09-2003, 03:50 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> it is obvious that he bases his opinions solely on the movies and not the books. What a complete and total retard. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>He may have views that I totally disagree with (for example holding up Star Wars as some paragon of excellence) but you can't exactly call him a retard because he based his opinion solely on the movies.<P>He was reviewing the movie. What was he meant to do? The quality or otherwise of the book should not be a consideration when reviewing a movie.

12-09-2003, 03:50 PM	#35
Eurytus Wight Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 179	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> it is obvious that he bases his opinions solely on the movies and not the books. What a complete and total retard. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>He may have views that I totally disagree with (for example holding up Star Wars as some paragon of excellence) but you can't exactly call him a retard because he based his opinion solely on the movies.<P>He was reviewing the movie. What was he meant to do? The quality or otherwise of the book should not be a consideration when reviewing a movie. __________________ "This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story!" Lionel Hutz

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