Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Neithan
The reason I like the movies is not because of any merit of their own but because of the books.
|
Eh? Even if it is fair to say that the films are only good in the scenes where they stick most closely to the book (a point with which I do not agree), surely the act of rendering these scenes on film gives rise to merit in the film itself. Jackson and co did not just sit back and let such scenes jump magically onto the screen.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Neithan
They could have been objectively better than they were.
|
If one accepts this proposition then it follows that, objectively, anything
could be better than it is (including the book). But, for me, quality is an entirely subjective thing, although subjective opinions may be widely shared and thereby gain some degree of objectivity.