When I first sat down in the theator two hours before it was scheduled to show I could hardly sit for my anticipation. I was soo hopefull and excited when I saw Gandalf battling the balrog. I was elated to see my favortie charater, Eomer for his first appearence. Little did I know we was to be hardly seen through the rest of the movie. <P>To be completley honest Peter Jackson has prostitued TTT. He's degraded it, rewritten it, and turned into a movie where I was wondering if I should ask for a refund. My mother read Tolkien to me practicly over my crib. I grew up with the books. As soon as I could read I started my annual reading of the series. These books have been withe me for years. How could they be twisted like this. My God that was my favorite book in the seires and look what that.....that.....foul servant of Morgoth did to it. How dare he! Whats this about Osgiliath, it was a ruin by then, there was no battle there. And Faramir wasn't like that, how could they distort his character so. He took my Eomer and wrtoe him out of the story, Liv Tyler had more screen time. How can a character that isn't even in TTT have more screen time then the heir to the throne of Rohan? Ooooooo. <P>And Elves and Helms deep? Oh come on. One of the big grievances I had is that they made the Riders of Rohan seem like a bunch of wimps. WHERE IS ROHAN'S ARMY? They made it look like the whole country was made of old men and babies.....oh....oh help us elves we can't defeat the big bad orcs by ourselves cause we're a bunch of wet noodles!!!! Grrrrrr.<P>This makes me sick, all of it. At the end of the movie I almost shouted that Peter Jackson's days were numbered. He destoryed my favorite book, this is what he makes the average public think TTT is. He has made a classic look like a dime novel.<P>Besides butchering characters right and left (Theoden, Frodo, Faramir) or leaving them out almost totally (my favorite character Eomer) the movie did have some good points. The ents were done well and the battle scenes were quite visually amazing.<BR> <BR>How could that.....that....snake PJ make FoTR soo good and then drop the ball. I wouldn't be so made if you changed the constitution, or add a new book to the bible. This travesty that PJ put up in place of the real TTT sets me boiling.<P>What makes him think that his rewriting of TTT is better then Tolkiens original. Such arrogance is overwhelming. Who the hell does Jackson think he is, God? <P>Iwould be very much appreciated if someone could give me the e-mail or phone number of the screen writes so I could vent some of my anger on the proper sources.<P>Sorry about the Vehemence of my post, I just got out of the TTT which my whole year has been leading up to. After some time passes i'll probably cool down, but right now that movie angered me, not that the movie was terrible, but that he chnged what could of been one of the best movies ever. What a waste.<P>[ December 18, 2002: Message edited by: Túroch ]<p>[ December 18, 2002: Message edited by: Túroch ]
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For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marvelling that they gave life so freely of which thay had on earth so little. But it is not for thy valour only that I send thee, but to bring into the world a hope beyond thy sight, and a light that shall pierce the darkness." Ulmo - Lord of waters
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