Posted on 11/15/2006 10:09:15 AM PST by maquiladora
Well, you are right, though the hostility is meant to be directed toward the shortcomings on the LOTR movies.
I do think criticisms I and others have of the films are ones that, if addressed, would have benefitted all viewers, whether hardcore Tolkienites or newcomers.
For example, I did not object to adding Aragorn-Arwen material (except for its hamfistedness), and if anything I thought the trilogy could have focused on them in the intro, perhaps playing up the Heir of Isildur angle. After all, the finale is titled "The Return of the King", not "The Destruction of the Ring".
How they're going to manage to keep Aragorn as the reluctant pansy and expect him to play a role in both of the prequels is beyond me.
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