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Originally Posted by Morthoron
Yes, if it aint Baroque, don't fix it.
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And if you do, at least don't make a hobbit of it!
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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin
Would it really have been too much to ask, or to expect, that when somebody finally made a serious attempt to film Tolkien the goal would have been cinema that fell into the category which might be roughly defined as "cerebral epic" or "big-budget art film," a category which would include, say, 2001, Apocalypse Now and Ran?
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I never wanted these big time PJ blockbusters made because it was clear from the start, with all the merchandising buzz even before filming was complete, that giving the movies the
feel of the books was not in the least a goal. It was about "translation" and "adaptation", and to this day I feel that those who have only seen the films have no inkling of the deep meaning and real resonance of the books, infused by the author.
I fervently hope they
never get the rights for Beren and Lúthien, or anything else to do with Middle-earth or Tolkien.