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**lindil** · 12-19-2002, 06:20 PM

I will give PJ full and total credit for capturing the 'feel' of M-E most of the time.

And many of the characters are amazing in FotR especially.

If he had stuck to the book more [ only deletions no changes] it would have been really amazing and i prob would have watched it 20 times on my DVD player instead of 3 or so.

So yes it can be done very well, not perfectly. or at least the odds of doing it perfectly are slim,.

That would mean: perfect casting, [PJ gets an B+ in my book] perfect scenery and background [ he gets an A] perfect storyline [ he gets a B in FotR and a Cin TT] and perfect effects and directing and stellar performances.

There are so many nuances that the odds are really against anyone making a movie as good as the book.

What PJ could now do [ and still make buku$ is to go back an film the barrow downs, Bombadil, Gildor etc, and thenm reinsert all of these, and then eliminate the easily changed discrepancies [ like Arwen = Glorfindel].

PJ came very close with the hardest parts, the feel of it all, largely I think because he got Howe and Lee to do the sets and such instead of relying onm people with a fraction of the talent and love for the books.

12-19-2002, 06:20 PM	#10
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	I will give PJ full and total credit for capturing the 'feel' of M-E most of the time. And many of the characters are amazing in FotR especially. If he had stuck to the book more [ only deletions no changes] it would have been really amazing and i prob would have watched it 20 times on my DVD player instead of 3 or so. So yes it can be done very well, not perfectly. or at least the odds of doing it perfectly are slim,. That would mean: perfect casting, [PJ gets an B+ in my book] perfect scenery and background [ he gets an A] perfect storyline [ he gets a B in FotR and a Cin TT] and perfect effects and directing and stellar performances. There are so many nuances that the odds are really against anyone making a movie as good as the book. What PJ could now do [ and still make buku$ is to go back an film the barrow downs, Bombadil, Gildor etc, and thenm reinsert all of these, and then eliminate the easily changed discrepancies [ like Arwen = Glorfindel]. PJ came very close with the hardest parts, the feel of it all, largely I think because he got Howe and Lee to do the sets and such instead of relying onm people with a fraction of the talent and love for the books. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.