XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article <0nak37lq212qlarqa6inf80ohagscaumtg@4ax.com>,   
    Steve Hayes  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I haven't read those books, can't comment.   
      
   > 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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