Or die trying!
Posted on 01/02/2003 6:11:04 PM PST by Long Cut
Seems to me they already ARE larger than Sam and Frodo.
I might have to leave this board for a few months until the purists settle down if she does! Heh.
The theatrical release, to me, seemed almost rushed, and I wouldn't be the first to note that the editing, at times, seemed rather heavy-handed.
Peter Jackson must have HATED cutting some of this stuff.
Arwen riding the Paths of the Dead will probably be a bridge too far for me, however.
Or die trying!
The Sum Of All Fears, anyone? How about ANY Tom Clancy-inspired movie? They get slaughtered regularly, and wind up with little relation to the source at all.
Ask Michael Crichton how he likes the vivisection of HIS work, when he's not busy cashing checks, that is. And Anne Rice has had several public wars with the makers of the "Vampire Chronicles" movies, which were finally ruined.
We should count ourselves EXTREMELY lucky. LOTR was made by a director and production company that cared enough to get the main themes and as much detail as possible correct, WITHOUT "remaking" the "property" into a brainless jumble of cliche's, starring Ben Affleck.
I could go on and on about this, one of my main reasons for loving these films so much. But, why? I can no more talk a person into liking a movie that they have decided they dislike than I can talk them into liking a dish their palate rejects. I liked the movies, I didn't mind the changes(and even liked a few), and that's all that matters.
Jackson has said as much as well. This is excellent news, and shows how much TLC New Line Cinema has put into this series, and how much clout that PJ has built up, to boot. It's sure that, based upon the time factor by itself, that ROTK is starting out with a strike or two against it, with mainstream audiences.
I bet they bring back intermissions for this one.
When you you're clearing nearly a billion per picture (TTT has a chance to go over that), your clout with the studio seems to go up a notch or two.
It's sure that, based upon the time factor by itself, that ROTK is starting out with a strike or two against it, with mainstream audiences.
What's remarkable is that it seems not to be much of a handicap for these movies.
I bet they bring back intermissions for this one.
There's a thought.
Of course, I'd sit through a six hour ROTK, so I may not be the best judge of all this.
I know.
Jackson has said that the TTT had the most deviations from the text, which leads me to believe we won't see much off the wall in ROTK.
Certainly his first priority must remain compiling a compelling cut of the film. That inevitably requires some compression and some excissions - and the odd change or two.
The debacles of the Clancy films represent one danger - fundamental changes to the point that little is left in common with the books but the names. The slavish faithfulness to the text shown by Chris Columbus in the Harry Potter films is the other.
Especially since slavish faithfulness to Tolkien would result in about 20-25 hours worth of film - excluding, of course, the appendices.
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