Movies cannot be translated precisely from a book. They are always an interpretation. It's like language...sometimes you don't get the exact, literal meaning of a word, but you get something close. Some ideas in printed media cannot be transposed to visual media--it won't hold interest or attention or work well. I'm as much a fanboy of LOTR as the next guy--as well as other series like Harry Potter--and take no issue with small deviations in movie plot, as long as the heart of the book is there. Eragon would be an example of a truly terrible job of translation, but not LOTR (or HP for that matter).
LOL...I know right. I'm trying to control myself in upgrading DVDs to Blu-Ray. I've settled on only doing ones that are in series that I have standard DVD for the first one or two (i.e. Spider-Man, Pirates). But I wouldn't even blink before buying LOTR on Blu-Ray.
Actually The Hobbit is not aimed at children. It's lighter because because it's staged in a situation that Tolkien himself was in. That is living in a land that is in a hopeful state. LOTR is so dark because it was written in foxholes during WW2 and much of that war is reflected in the books. Everything in both The Hobbit and LOTR reflects events in Europe between 1919 and 1945 with the ring representing a treaty signed in 1919 that sets up a war in 1938. Read the books along side a history book and you will be suprised at how closely LOTR tracks a fantasy version of WW2.
princedavidDec 19, 2007
GO HOBBIT GO! I love this book
Closed AccountDec 19, 2007
2hobbits1cup
mufasaDec 19, 2007
Haha i know, ever since i saw LoTR RoTK i felt that all the other movies i was looking forward to was somehow not as exciting longer.
bpeacock22Dec 19, 2007
Movies cannot be translated precisely from a book. They are always an interpretation. It's like language...sometimes you don't get the exact, literal meaning of a word, but you get something close. Some ideas in printed media cannot be transposed to visual media--it won't hold interest or attention or work well. I'm as much a fanboy of LOTR as the next guy--as well as other series like Harry Potter--and take no issue with small deviations in movie plot, as long as the heart of the book is there. Eragon would be an example of a truly terrible job of translation, but not LOTR (or HP for that matter).
bpeacock22Dec 19, 2007
LOL...I know right. I'm trying to control myself in upgrading DVDs to Blu-Ray. I've settled on only doing ones that are in series that I have standard DVD for the first one or two (i.e. Spider-Man, Pirates). But I wouldn't even blink before buying LOTR on Blu-Ray.
sintenDec 23, 2007
he looks like he's lost a lot of weight
abomonogDec 25, 2007
Actually it means that he is controlling the production money.
abomonogDec 25, 2007
Actually The Hobbit is not aimed at children. It's lighter because because it's staged in a situation that Tolkien himself was in. That is living in a land that is in a hopeful state. LOTR is so dark because it was written in foxholes during WW2 and much of that war is reflected in the books. Everything in both The Hobbit and LOTR reflects events in Europe between 1919 and 1945 with the ring representing a treaty signed in 1919 that sets up a war in 1938. Read the books along side a history book and you will be suprised at how closely LOTR tracks a fantasy version of WW2.
abomonogDec 25, 2007
There was an article earlier that said the director was to be the guy who directed "Pan's Labyrinth".
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