From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net
On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 05:22:09 in article
Sandman wrote:
> In article , Wayne Brown wrote:
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>> > Sandman:
>> > That's the problem with you guys - you think there are only one
>> > way to do things the "right" way. That really bothers me, this
>> > elitism.
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>> For me it's very simple; the only "right" way to do a story is the
>> way the author did it.
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> But most of the complaints about the movies are not about how the author
> did it, it's about your interpretation of what he wrote, which can differ
> wildly, even amongst pro-book people.
Most of my complaints are like this: "In the books, Faramir didn't try to
take Frodo and Sam back to Minas Tirith. It was Glorfindel, not Arwen,
who rescued Frodo at the Fords. There was nothing in the books about
Aragorn falling off a cliff into a river. Theoden was not "possessed"
by Saruman. Denethor did not leap off the Citadel. When the dwarves
escaped from the Woodland Elves the barrels were sealed shut and they
were not chased by Orcs. Smaug did not chase the dwarves around inside
the Lonely Mountain and there was no molten golden statue." Etc., etc.
Those things are not matters of interpretation, they're matters of fact.
When I see a Tolkien film for the first time (or any film based on
a book with which I'm extremely familiar) I want it to be follow the
book so closely that I'm able to predict which scene is coming next,
know exactly what will happen and who will be involved, and be able to
practically mouth their dialogue silently along with them.
>> Books in general are superior to films in
>> general, and the author is always right.
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F. Wayne Brown
Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg. ("That passed away, this also can.")
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