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"This thing I will not do of free will. But if the Valar will constrain me, then I shall know indeed that Melkor is of their kindred." Fëanor to the Valar |
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01-29-2001, 02:40 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Currently Spain
Posts: 250
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I think I figured it out!
<BR>The problem nearly everyone has with the movies ultimately boils down to this: we've put the work of Tolkien up on a pedestal higher than Mt. Everest. With reason. But how can we expect even the greatest movie to reach such lofty heights? When I first watched Bakshi's LOTR, I loved it (except for the part where it stopped in the middle.) It was only after seeing it several times, thinking a lot, and listening to the older, wiser *cough* fans on the websites that it started seeming really inferior. So granted that it might still stink no matter how much salt we take it with (remember Lost World: Jurassic Park), maybe we should enjoy it as a movie BEFORE we start picking it apart. <p></p>
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