[Leica] Lord of the Rings wayyyy OT

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

Best joke about Lord of the Rings is when South Park did a take on it. One
of the kids was watching the special edition with 8 extra hours of footage.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc James Small" Subject: [Leica] Lord of the Rings


> I was rather distressed to note that several of you seem to have found the
> film version of the Lord of Rings unsatsfactory.  I found the trilogy
> reflected well most of the books though it comprehensively misses the
> subtle nature of Saruman's degradation into evil.  Other than that, the
> films work rather well.
>
> (I can always nitpick:  the presentation of Elrond is far too harsh and
> there is no real stress on his import within the forces of good, as the
> surviving son of Earendil and the brother of Elros, the founder of the
> royal line which Aragorn represents.  Thus, Elrond's disapproval of
Aragorn
> in the films is a bit of a problem, but, then, Elrond is a
> behind-the-scenes player in the books so this mischaracterization is less
> troubling than the failure to properly portray Saruman.)
>
> Christopher Tolkien was extremely careful to ensure that the movies held
> close to the books in their plot and this was accomplished.  Do the movies
> represent MY views of the trilogy?  No, but they come close.
>
> And understand that I am a Tolkien freak of the first water:  my copy of
> the FELLOWSHIP, bought new, is a first-edition Ballantine printing and I
> bought the Ace editions of the next two books as Ballantine delayed in
> releasing theirs.  (Yes, yes, the copy I read now is a much later edition
> and incorporates all of the later emendations.)  I appreciate the
> conscientious effort to produce a series of movies being true to the
> author's vision, something which I feel is lacking in the HITCHHIKER'S
GUIDE.
>
> Marc
> msmall@aya.yale.edu