LOTR movie

[dai_evans]

Oooof!

I saw this last night, and ooooof! It was wonderful. It was true to 
the book, well acted, seamless special effects, well directed.

I've heard assorted complaints about this film, and I can agree with 
none. I've read the LOTR trilogy several times, first when I was 
about 8 or 9, and most recently this year. The books never lost 
anything on repeated readings, and yet don't make me want to spot 
details in the way HP always does.

The film did justice to the book. There's no higher praise than that. 
In places I wondered about the coherency of the story being told, as 
if the story was rushing on, with details ommitted and events 
inadequately explained, but then I remembered that in LOTR details 
aren't important. In LOTR the story takes you to a higher plane 
(cliche, I know) where details and every intimate facts do not 
matter. What matters is each characters struggle.

I remember the great detail Tolkien went into about the history of 
Moria, and how it was rushed over in the film, but none of it 
matters, 'cause it's all just so much scenery to the tale being told.

As it is such a similar event (eagerly awaited major film adaptions 
of very popular fantasy storys, within weeks of each other), it was 
impossible not to compare this with HP. And I have to ask; where the 
hell was Peter Jackson when they were looking for directors for HP?

For FOTR was a much much better film adaption of a book than HPandPS.

In FOTR I didn't even notice the soundtrack (that is the mark of a 
good soundtrack, like a house elf). I didn't cringe when particular 
lines were said due to bad acting; because there was no bad acting.

I dunno what else to say, so I'm gonna stop now.


Dai