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Posted at December 31, 1969, 6:00 pm: LOTR Not because it does not have potential as a movie. But because the screen-writers screwed it up Gimli, the representative of Dwarfs in the Fellowship was turned into banal comic relief totting cringe-worthy one-liners (e.g. "Don't toss me!"). Contrastingly, Legolas was given more screen-time and cool action sequences (surfing on shields down stairways; climbing up oliphants etc.) to cater to the large fan-girl base denomination. How the heck did Aragon manage to drive off ring wraiths with a lousy sword and lighted torch? And for the record, since when did Arwen face off with ring wraiths? She was supposed to play the role of submissive female with no real place in the book! AND WHERE IS TOM BOMBARDIL? Too often have movie makers fallen back into the comfort of using stereotypical moulds. Apparently, these techniques work, as the box-office records of LOTR can attest to. Unfortunately, they alienate the smaller group of original book-fans, without which the movie might never have been conceptualized in the first place But one thing I believe everyone can agree on The hobbits should never have been made gay. Original of the message was taken from http://www.movieforums.com/community/ Previous Post: Having seen the VERY different review scores given to the book and the... Next Post: [QUOTE=toysailor]LOTR. |