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Originally posted by Wulfere:
The director and producers are fans of the books and they have said repeatedly that they have tried to stay very close to the books. I have high hopes from what I have seen and heard.
Me too!! I'm actually getting a bit tired of the people who keep whining about "Well all movies made after books are stupid and I'm not gonna watch it because it will ruin my inner image of what the characters look like"
First of all, I'm sure there are many films that you have watched of which you didn't even know they were based on a book [img]smile.gif[/img] and secondly, you have to realise that movies are simply a different genre than books, and therefore, the same story will be realised in different ways.
BTW I personally found Legolas to be exactly the right person for the role (Orlando Bloom), as well as many of the others.