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Re: 6 reads and a movie....     

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Author: Michelle J. Haines
Date: Jul 15, 2008 22:16

... incorrect -moral- choice. His strength of character is stalwart and true. We don't even see him significantly tempted by Eowyn; kind concern for her is his overriding And really, we see this to a large extent in the movie also...he still has strength of character, just not as much strength of PURPOSE. If you follow my meaning. Now, I really do love him as this character; to me he ...
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Author: BaJoRi
Date: Jul 14, 2008 23:13

"santosh" <santosh.k83@gmail.com> wrote in message news:g54qoo$csp$1@registered.motzarella.org... Clams Canino wrote: OK.... after six consecutive re-reads of the Hobbit and LOTR... I then watched the Jackson film. Without niggling details or problems we've all identified, the first thing I noted is that in very many places he deliberately added "uncertainty" or ...
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Author: Clams Canino
Date: Jul 13, 2008 17:14

... basic facts, figures, names, dates,and battles are presented I am tempted to overlook supposed motivations and extra activities. ie - If you can't prove it *didn't* happen based on the Red Book - then a dramatization is OK to add or omit for theatric flavor. This interpretation tends to allow a bigger license for variance. Kinda like what the movie did to Pearl Harbor. -W
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Author: Troels Forchhammer
Date: Jul 11, 2008 11:08

...com> spoke these staves: Clams Canino wrote: OK.... after six consecutive re-reads of the Hobbit and LOTR... I wish I could find the time ;-) Still -- the summer holidays are ... for power, then even the One Ring will have no power over you at all. I won't force a contemporary political reading upon Jackson's version, no matter well I find it applies: I am sure that ...
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Author: santosh
Date: Jul 10, 2008 19:10

Clams Canino wrote: OK.... after six consecutive re-reads of the Hobbit and LOTR... I then watched the Jackson film. Without niggling details or problems we've all identified, the first thing I noted is that in very many places he deliberately added "uncertainty" or conflict to create extra tension and drama that didn't ever exist in the book. <snip> Another example ...
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Author: santosh
Date: Jul 10, 2008 13:11

Clams Canino wrote: OK.... after six consecutive re-reads of the Hobbit and LOTR... I then watched the Jackson film. Without niggling details or problems we've all identified, the first thing I noted is that in very many places he deliberately added "uncertainty" or conflict to create extra tension and drama that didn't ever exist in the book. For a few examples: ...
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Author: Clams Canino
Date: Jul 10, 2008 01:10

OK.... after six consecutive re-reads of the Hobbit and LOTR... I then watched the Jackson film. Without niggling details or problems we've all identified, the first thing I noted is that in very many places he deliberately added "uncertainty" or conflict to create extra tension and drama that didn't ever exist in the book. For a few examples: The screaming and bitching at the Council...
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Author: Clams Canino
Date: Jul 16, 2008 00:22

"Michelle J. Haines" <mhaines@nanc.com> wrote in message news:47e0b$487cff6f$4127760a$17214@hpnx.com... Agreed here, everyone else does grow significantly. Although the hobbits are really the ones faced with the hard moral choices, and their basic goodness usually steers them to the correct choices. Also agreed. All four hobbits grow remarkably during the couse of thier ...
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Author: Troels Forchhammer
Date: Jul 14, 2008 10:12

In message <news:bcidnaZrMd-7s-fVnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@earthlink.com> "Clams Canino" <cc-marine@earthdink.net> spoke these staves: <snip> Frodo just wanted to get his grubby little hands back on "his" ring - that simple. Yes, that was also the way I understood it. And though I could (naturally <GG>) argue against this, I think that it is, for me, an 'acceptable' ...
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Author: Troels Forchhammer
Date: Jul 14, 2008 10:05

...think it's in part a difference between Aragorn (to use an example) having gone through the majority of his turmoil and growth off stage, long before we meet him in the book... and in the movies, us watching the end stages of some of that growth. Though I agree that Aragorn (& Faramir to take the other very obvious example) has gone through the majority of his growth before the ...
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