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Old 12-19-2002, 06:07 PM   #1
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Sting TTT - How one purist manages to enjoy a 'mutatilated' story line

Ok here is my secret for relative TTT serenity.<P>PJ is not really doing JRRT's TTT he is doing some obscure HoME volume that was never released. <P>This way I can have my cake [the canonical books] and eat it [ the movie] too.<P><BR>there is my 2 bits of 'lembas bread' <P>any other coping mechanisms of fellow purists?<P>sorry PJ fans and 'movie canonists' make your own threads
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Old 12-19-2002, 06:10 PM   #2
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I found it hard to enjoy. I thought Sam said it best when he said "we don't belong here Mr. Frodo" in Osgiliath.
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Old 12-19-2002, 06:14 PM   #3
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I plan on telling myself that Faramir is just having an out of body experience and will hopefully be back in time for RotK. Also, I will chant PJ's quote (or something like it) "TTT departs from the book the most" in my mind. So I can't say he didn't warn me, and RotK is bound to be better.<P>Other than Faramir I really use the ever handy, "This is fanfiction" mantra and it works pretty good.
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Old 12-19-2002, 06:23 PM   #4
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Diamond, I'm in complete agreement about the fanfic (one of the very rare good ones, naturally). Lindil, the obscure volume of ME history works as well - oddly enough, that scene where Frodo gets pulled into the Dead Marshes actually was pretty close to one of Tolkien's original drafts where the Dead are clawing out and trying to pull him in. I really, really enjoyed the movie (having been forewarned about Faramir, and thank God for that, because I love him in the book). And say what you will, the story holds together as a movie really well - one of my friends who's never read a line of LOTR thought it was fantastic and also thought that Faramir was getting in touch with his good side at the end. Knowing that TTT departs the most is a great comfort, as well. And as I've already said about Faramir...as long he behaves in ROTK, all will be forgiven.<p>[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: Kalimac ]
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Old 12-19-2002, 08:33 PM   #5
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With all the channelling that goes on in this movie, I'm just assuming that Faramir is channelling Boromir. That's all it is. (Although I do like the HoME theory...)<P>LoL, Diamond, I'm doing the fanfic mantra too. At least there are no Mary Sues! /tries not to think about Arwen/<P>Other than that, I guess I could try to forget that it was supposed to be based on anything by Tolkien. That it just happens to have the same name and the same characters (sort of). It's really totally different.<P>Really.<P>~*~Orual~*~
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Old 12-19-2002, 10:46 PM   #6
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ewww......Mary Sue's. *shudders* As far as the movie goes, I store my memories of Tolkien's world in a closet out of the way where I can't see it while I'm trying to watch the movie. Or else I'm sitting there cringing...But I do have to say I have to add some of PJ's work to my Tolkien memory banks. Sean Bean's portrayal of Boromir was the best. It really made him go from 2d to 3d.<P>But I do agree, it's like reading a fanfic. Which is sad to say considering I just saw a glorified fanfic some call Star Trek - Nememis...<p>[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: Sleeping Beauty ]
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Old 12-20-2002, 03:29 PM   #7
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If I had never read the books I would have to say it was a good entertaining movie but....having read the books at least 40 times I had trouble containing my frustration. I nearly screamed obsenities at several points last night during the film. At the end of the film I sat there feeling somewhat cheated like as if I had gone to a store to return an item only to realize that the receipt was missing and I won't be getting my money back. But after sleeping on it I realize that you pretty much have to check your brain at the door and hopefully spend three hours being entertained, And be happy that someone took a shot at making this treasured story into a move for us to see. Think about it, up to this point the only thing we had visually were words, paintings and those "cartoons"- all crap except "The Hobbit". Some in other forums complain that the movies are made for the fans and should hold true the story. Fans of what? Tolkien? or fantasy adventure movies? Or both? If you had never read the books and went saw the movies you would think that both of them were pretty damn good. Although even with that in mind I can't explain the transformation of Gimli as the dour, surly dwarven warrior in LOTR to "The comic of Kahzad-dum" Where the hell did that come from?<BR> I'm sure a number of you have seen "Conan the Barbarian" that was a pretty good movie but how many of you out there have read the original Howard book that the movie was adapted from?-prob. not too many of you. I was pretty annoyed when that movie came out too because it strayed so far from the book. But think about it my fellow obsessors-just how many fantasy films dose Hollywood give us these days? How many good watchable NEW fantasy films have you seen lately? Be thankfull that we don't have to sit through "Beastmaster 3" or something just as unpleasant this time of year.<BR> Whew! sorry about the long-winded commentary. For someone who hardly posts (but is always watching) that was exhausting. Anyway, I must return to the paths of the dead.
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Old 12-21-2002, 05:33 PM   #8
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I don't treat the movies as the books. That's my recipe. (sorry about using the word 'recipe', I can't think of a better one just now.
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Old 12-22-2002, 06:47 AM   #9
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I've been using the 'he said this one has the most changes...' line myself. This was a very strange movie, paced oddly. How did Amon Hen turn out to be a more powerful battle scene than Helm's Deep? <P>You could use the "well, it's better than Ralph Bakshi's" line, too.<P>-Maril
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Old 12-22-2002, 10:24 AM   #10
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"There's no law against producing Alternate Universe Fanfiction. There's no law against producing Alternate Universe Fanfiction. Ther's no law..."<P>And if, by contrast, an AUFanfic is of high enough quality that it makes me go back to the books and re-examine my original beloved heroes until I see them in a clearer light-- which is what FrodoLijah did for me in the first movie-- then, in the end, I benefit.<P>Overall, I really enjoyed the movie. I've already been twice. I'll be going back several more times. Many more times. I'll pre-order the Extended Collectors' DVD.<P>And the hopefully-civilised, hopefully-not-too-heated debates with all my LOTR friends sure are fun. I've gotten to know some folks I wouldn't have otherwise because of these movies. I had a very pleasant Faramir-debate with my assistant pastor today in church, and we'll be going to see the movie together, I think. Oh, and the sound-man joined in too. And my husband got an invitation from another couple, whom we took to see FOTR... "Take us to see TTT please." <P>So it's good. Debates are good. <P>And AUFanfic is... is... well, it's okay. Yeah. It's okay. As long as it's understood as such. It's pretty okay. Really. <P>(Rewind. Replay.)
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Old 12-22-2002, 11:33 AM   #11
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<B>Helen</B>, if memory serves me correctly, it was you who described PJ's work as fanfic, and that is I think a great addition to discussion here.<P>I would take issue, however, with your defense of alternate universe stuff. Everything you say is of course quite acceptable in itself about AUFF, but the problem here is that PJ did not coin his own titles. He did not provide extensive enough <B>alternative</B> vision to qualify as an exploration on its own right. He's riding coattails when he should cut bait.<P><BR><B>Maril</B>, amen to your Ralph Bakshi line. In humour lies snatches of sanity. <P>Bethberry<p>[ December 22, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ]
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