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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     Sandman  wrote:   
   > J.R.R was really crappy at writing excitingly about battles, or maybe   
   > just unwilling to.   
      
   I think the latter is obviously the case. He did not want to glorify battle,   
   having served in WWI and lost many friends (and nearly died himself).   
      
   > There are lots of confrontations in LotR and Hobbit   
   > that are underwhelming litterature-wise according to me. The battle of   
   > the five armies is one of them. Surely you wouldn't actually want it   
   > told on the screen as it was in the book? :) Well, maybe you do :)   
      
   I am looking forward to seeing that in Weta glory on a 70mm print in IMAX.   
      
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