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davem · 12-20-2012, 01:27 AM

Boyens is clearly a real fan of Tolkien http://movieline.com/2012/12/18/phil...-silmarillion/ so I think we have to lay the blame for any excesses at Jackson's door. I'm happier with the film than I thought I would be. General audiences/fans of the LotR films would have had certain expectations and the studios would have their own demands too. Looking at the massive success of the film so far I think we have to admit PJ had given the audience what it wants - if you want films on this scale you have to put up with stuff being in them that you don't like. As I said changes to TH are far less irksome to me than what they did to LotR.

12-20-2012, 01:27 AM	#84
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Boyens is clearly a real fan of Tolkien http://movieline.com/2012/12/18/phil...-silmarillion/ so I think we have to lay the blame for any excesses at Jackson's door. I'm happier with the film than I thought I would be. General audiences/fans of the LotR films would have had certain expectations and the studios would have their own demands too. Looking at the massive success of the film so far I think we have to admit PJ had given the audience what it wants - if you want films on this scale you have to put up with stuff being in them that you don't like. As I said changes to TH are far less irksome to me than what they did to LotR. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."