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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:43:25 +0200, Sandman  wrote:   
      
   >I recently wrote a rather lengthy (swedish) blog post about "being   
   >true to the book" and whether it is possible or not. It started with   
   >establishing that no film could ever be literally true to any book,   
   >given the difference in medium. An image doesn't always tell the same   
   >tale as a thousand words.   
      
   I recently saw "The girl with the dragon tattoo", which was made in Sweden,   
   and it was pretty true to the book.   
      
   Perhaps the people who made that could make one of LotR and The Hobbit as   
   well.   
      
   I'm not generally in favour of remakes, especially if a film was good to start   
   with, but perhaps in this case...   
      
      
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