A 'darker' Hobbit

[davem]

Originally Posted by Sauron the White

Lets all join hands and learn together: a book is one thing - a film is quite another. What makes for a great book does not necessarily make for a great movie - and vice versa.

Were you ever unfortunate enough to see the 'Hamlet' scene in Last Action Hero?

[Jack Slater (Schwarzenegger)is Hamlet]
Hamlet: Hey Claudius! You killed my father! Big mistake!
Narrator: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.
Old Man: Stay thy hand, fair prince.
Hamlet: [shooting him] Who said I'm fair?
Narrator: No one is going to tell this sweet prince good night.
Hamlet: To be or not to be? Not to be.

That's precisely what PJ did with LotR as far as I'm concerned.