Crimes Against Tolkienity - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

pandora · 12-15-2003, 04:10 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I guess having bits faithful to the sacred texts is not enough after all. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, well, a genius in our midst. Yes, being faithful to the book and having a budget of 5 dollars and a large piece of blanket that the dog peed on is not enough to make a movie of LotR. Just as PJ having a big budget and the talent of a dead squid isn't enough either.Bakshi failed honestly: he tried; Jackson never even tried. I seriously, and I mean this, doubt that Jackson has read the book. I'm sure he skimmed all sorts of bits he thought were "boring". There's certainly no evidence that this pathetic hack of a director understood the book or cared about the characters. Bakshi failed in the way that I would fail if I tried to dramatise LotR with 5 friends on a small stage in a church hall; Jackson failed in the way that Hollywood often fails: the visualisation was perfected while the script was treated as a mere detail that could be scribbled together quickly to connect the fight and battle scenes together. Who needs to find out what happened to Saruman or the hobbits when there's a great big battle to film? Utter, utter, beautifully designed and shot garbage.

12-15-2003, 04:10 AM	#1
pandora Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 60	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I guess having bits faithful to the sacred texts is not enough after all. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Well, well, a genius in our midst. Yes, being faithful to the book and having a budget of 5 dollars and a large piece of blanket that the dog peed on is not enough to make a movie of LotR. Just as PJ having a big budget and the talent of a dead squid isn't enough either.<P>Bakshi failed honestly: he tried; Jackson never even tried. I seriously, and I mean this, doubt that Jackson has read the book. I'm sure he skimmed all sorts of bits he thought were "boring". There's certainly no evidence that this pathetic hack of a director understood the book or cared about the characters. <P>Bakshi failed in the way that I would fail if I tried to dramatise LotR with 5 friends on a small stage in a church hall; Jackson failed in the way that Hollywood often fails: the visualisation was perfected while the script was treated as a mere detail that could be scribbled together quickly to connect the fight and battle scenes together. <P>Who needs to find out what happened to Saruman or the hobbits when there's a great big <B>battle</B> to film? Utter, utter, beautifully designed and shot garbage.