XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: youmustbejoking@lan.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:47:37 -0800, sean_q wrote:   
      
   > On 12/23/2011 4:04 PM, Dan C wrote:   
   >   
   >> Never have understood the "outrage" that some here express because the   
   >> movies don't *exactly* match the books.  It's always that way with   
   >> books made into movies.   
   >   
   > I am one of those outraged (at PJ's LoTR). Not so much because "the   
   > movies don't *exactly* match the book",   
   > but because PJ TOTALLY MISSES THE POINT so many times and because of his   
   > CHEAP STUPID THEATRICS such as Saruman spinning Gandalf on some   
   > invisible centrifuge.   
      
   Yeah, that's true, although it doesn't bother me much.  I think they do   
   such things to increase the "oooooh" factor for those who may have never   
   read the books, and to attract wider viewership (and DVD sales).  It's   
   still good entertainment.   
      
      
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