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doug*platypus · 12-18-2003, 04:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> 'Sam' gets to walk in the wrong door <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> lest I be seen as being a books only 'purist' <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Err... too late! Those two sentences can't possibly be in the same post! I realise that it is very difficult to open one's mind to other interpretations, and to allow a book so near and dear to be tampered with. That's something that I've had to come to terms with during the course of these three movies. I find that The Return of the King makes this a lot easier than was previously possible, but it also has to be a shift in attitude. If you get tied down to the little things you can't possibly ever be happy with anything these movies has got to offer. Wrong door?! Let it go... Besides, there is no such thing as the wrong door. It's a different door. The door to his house and his Gaffer's house. Hardly cause for alarm.

12-18-2003, 04:55 PM	#11
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> 'Sam' gets to walk in the wrong door <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> lest I be seen as being a books only 'purist' <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Err... too late! Those two sentences can't possibly be in the same post! I realise that it is very difficult to open one's mind to other interpretations, and to allow a book so near and dear to be tampered with. That's something that I've had to come to terms with during the course of these three movies. I find that <I>The Return of the King</I> makes this a lot easier than was previously possible, but it also has to be a shift in attitude. If you get tied down to the little things you can't possibly ever be happy with anything these movies has got to offer. <P>Wrong door?! Let it go... Besides, there is no such thing as the <B>wrong</B> door. It's a different door. The door to his house and his Gaffer's house. Hardly cause for alarm. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.