Crimes Against Tolkienity - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Eurytus · 12-15-2003, 02:41 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> As far as I'm concerned, the only thing in the movies worth seeing is when Tolkien's own work makes it on screen. The 'stuff' of Jackson & the writers hangs off Tolkien's work, adding nothing, but is kept afloat by the scraps of Tolkien's genius which has survived. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Which is of course exactly why the Bakshi version (which was if anything more fathful than Jackson's) was such a roaring success.<P>Oh, hang on a minute....it wasn't was it. I guess having bits faithful to the sacred texts is not enough after all.

12-15-2003, 02:41 AM	#11
Eurytus Wight Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 179	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> As far as I'm concerned, the only thing in the movies worth seeing is when Tolkien's own work makes it on screen. The 'stuff' of Jackson & the writers hangs off Tolkien's work, adding nothing, but is kept afloat by the scraps of Tolkien's genius which has survived. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Which is of course exactly why the Bakshi version (which was if anything more fathful than Jackson's) was such a roaring success.<P>Oh, hang on a minute....it wasn't was it. I guess having bits faithful to the sacred texts is not enough after all. __________________ "This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story!" Lionel Hutz