[GreyIstar]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>all respect I have for you as a Tolkien fan is lost. It is true that none of the characters are really the same, but that does not mean that we should cease to recognize the film as an attempt at the recreation of the Books. And as a recreation of the book, PJ and Franny did a smelly job indeed.<BR>For those who call this abominable film an "interpretation" by Peter Jackson, I would really like to hear what was written in your copy of LotR. When Frodo gets dragged by an ally-gone-bad about forty miles in the wrong direction to a place where he should never have been, to do things that he would never even considered doing in his greatest ring-fit, I believe that the term "interpretation" can no longer be sensibly used.<P> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I really could care less what respect you have for me personally. I lost all respect of you has a human being when you said that. If you want my opinion on your comment.<P>They aren't recreating the book. They are making a movie of it. Everyone knows that movies will inevitably be different from the book. Your hurt, get over it. But don't tell me I'm not a Tolkien fan simply because I have the ability to seperate the book and the movie and like both of them with out doing harm to each other. It is interesting to see Faramir the way he is in the movie it makes you wonder if he will show his book nature which he does in the end. I am facinated that PJ is having Aragorn grow into the character he is in the book rather than have him just show up that way from the beginning. The movie is a different way of telling the same story. PJ came out and said "TT is the most different from the books of the 3." Ok fine as long as you don't try to pass it off with saying nothing. If you can't understand this then stick to the book. I was just stating why I like both and how the changes can be rationalized in terms of movie making. But don't ever say I'm not a Tolkien fan ever again.