The Arrogance of the Rings - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lush · 11-22-2002, 07:40 PM

Once again, about for the millionth time since my arrival at the Downs, I feel the need to post this particular statement:<P>Movies and books are two very different artistic mediums. Literally taking a book piece by piece and translating it onto the screen usually just ends up in flat hogwash such as Chris Columbus' incredibly b-o-r-i-n-g Harry Potter cr@p. Frankly, I would have rather seen them butcher the book a little, for the sake of making a decent film.<P>Having Radagast in there would have just created more confusion. When you're watching a movie on the big screen, and all of a sudden become confused, you can't just flip a few pages back and figure the stuff out. PJ did the best he could. He deserves to strut around like a peacock. So does Philipa. Honestly. I don't care. I think I'll go have a sandwich.

11-22-2002, 07:40 PM	#26
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Once again, about for the millionth time since my arrival at the Downs, I feel the need to post this particular statement:<P>Movies and books are two very different artistic mediums. Literally taking a book piece by piece and translating it onto the screen usually just ends up in flat hogwash such as Chris Columbus' incredibly b-o-r-i-n-g Harry Potter cr@p. Frankly, I would have rather seen them butcher the book a little, for the sake of making a decent film.<P>Having Radagast in there would have just created more confusion. When you're watching a movie on the big screen, and all of a sudden become confused, you can't just flip a few pages back and figure the stuff out. PJ did the best he could. He deserves to strut around like a peacock. So does Philipa. Honestly. I don't care. I think I'll go have a sandwich. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~