Why all the anger? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Darkside · 01-13-2003, 09:40 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think deep down all of us realize/fear that the movies will be seen as *truth* by the people who don't bother to read the book, who are (let's face it) probably most of the people who see the movies. For most people it then becomes a replacement for the book and drowns out the voice of the original. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Thanks Lily! I think that is one of the main things that "angers" me the most about these films. I don't want the masses to assume that what they are seeing is what Tolkien wrote. The movies fall far short of the grandness of his story.

01-13-2003, 09:40 PM	#11
Darkside Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Humid Orlando Posts: 34	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think deep down all of us realize/fear that the movies will be seen as truth by the people who don't bother to read the book, who are (let's face it) probably most of the people who see the movies. For most people it then becomes a replacement for the book and drowns out the voice of the original. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Thanks Lily! I think that is one of the main things that "angers" me the most about these films. I don't want the masses to assume that what they are seeing is what Tolkien wrote. The movies fall far short of the grandness of his story. __________________ "But it seems impossible, somehow, to feel gloomy or depressed in this place." ~ Pippin