[Telgaladiel]

I find some of the attitudes here to be downright abusive. Lets all wave and point fingers saying "Your arguments stink/are weak!" All that will lead to is flaming sooner or later.<P>Yes, Rhud, I have read the movie stunk post. You got your chance to make your point and now its someone else's. I read that thread, responded, trying very hard to ignore some of the derogatory comments made regarding the people who actually like the movie or had the movie as their first introduction to Tolkien. <P>The money making aspect of the movie aside, and all the cuts aside (and there were scenes in FotR I wish PJ had put in) I still think and will always think that it was a good movie. <P>Even on my first watch I found that fight to be rather...silly. I think I understand was PJ was attempting to show was that these men have power beyond silly bolts of lightening erupting from their fingertips (when I find that statment, I'll post it). It still came out silly. Curly, anyone?<P>I don't think its right to judge a movie by its book. To me, its somewhat like judging a book by its cover. What's funny... that's why I never did read Tolkien until now. Now I find I'm liking the world he created. I have yet to find a discussion that dislikes the movie as a movie, a discussion that does not have in it declamatory statements of "They cut this scene out! They changed this aspect!"<P>I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do here, and I understand (or think I do) how the "purists" feel. I'd probably be very hard pressed to like any movie made from an Eddings series, but I know I can make the attempt. I think that's what "non-purists" are asking for. If you still come away from the movie saying, "it sucked because of this part not being there, so and so smooshed into whoever..." then most likely you cannot distance yourself enough from what you know and passionately love to accept the world being offered to you by PJ. Its like in theatre.. You'll only accept the reality of the world being presented if you are willing to let go of what you already know. <P> I talk too much...