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Originally posted by sultan:
i disagree, tancred. peter jackson did an admirable job translating directly into film everything that is boring, long-winded, and cumbersome about the books.
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Uh... I really want to reply to this, but I'm not sure whether you mean Jackson took what was boring, cumbersome and long-winded and made it boring, cumbersome and long-winded on screen, or whether you mean he took what was boring, cumbersome and long-winded in the book and made it watchable. Because I am *not* saying, 'if you think the book is boring, watch the film, it is worse'. I'm saying 'if you think the book is boring, watch the film, you'll probably like that more.'
On the 'boring, cumbersome and long-winded', though... well, that's epic poetry for you. Tolkien's style is based on works centuries old, but that's not bad because he meant it to be that way. I'm not even sure he ever admitted to writing 'novels'. Reading an epic and then complaining that it was too slow, it lacked pace or lingered on the description is like buying a dog and then saying you don't like him because he's hairy and has four legs.
[ 11-26-2003, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: Tancred ]