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Huh?

Posted by mollecon (A) on December 30, 2003 at 18:55:02

In Reply to: Strongly disagree posted by Bulkington on December 30, 2003 at 09:46:16:

Quote: "poor filmmaking."

That's taking the argument a bit far, isn't it? I mean, one can disagree on the choices made by the director, or argue that he approached the whole thing the wrong way - but dissing mr Jacksons efforts as 'poor filmmaking'? Maybe that speaks more about your ability to judge, Bulkington.

Mr Jackson tried to make a movie (it really should be judged as one, not 3) that while capturing the spirit of Tolkien was still able to draw large audiences to the theaters - the latter being necessary in order to pay for the whole damn thing... I would imagine a TV-series in some 30 one hour parts could have been made that followed 'the story' more truly. In return we would have gotten a discount version of Middle Earth, since there wouldn't have been the finances to pay for the real stuff that Jackson delivers.

As a lover of the book, one always want's the filmmaker to picture & portray it the way one did when reading the books. That will never happen in a million years, even if you tried yourself! While I do have some reservations towards the movies, my general experience is that this was very well done indeed. Knowing the book(s) well, I do prefer the extended cuts; they make for a more calm pace & does fill some gabs that are obvious for the 'knowers'.

Being a member of a few Tolkien boards I'm rather familiar with the responses the movie(s) have gotten from the book enthusiasts. And while there certainly are a few that thinks a slow & painfull death would be a too easy solution for mr Jackson, a remarably large number of fans (of Tolkien, that is!) like the movie(s) quite well. At least some of those people, that liked it, are movie enthusiasts, too - they are well aware of the fact that a story cannot function the same way in a book as it does in a movie.

Oh, just for the sake of it; I've read LotR ~15 times, + of course The Hobbit, Silmarillion etc. I've also seen the movies several times - funnily enough, even though many of the pictures that Jackson delivers are not quite in accordance with the ones in my head from my book reading, I still enjoy the movie(s) immensely - & I'm perfectly able to separate, thankyouveddymuch.

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