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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    Lewis  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).   
      
   Well, I think it's quite possible to write "excitingly" about battles   
   without glorifying it. In fact, I think that J.R.R should have been   
   aptly able to write about it in a way to readily show how unglorious   
   battle is.   
      
   > > 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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