Reaction to films based on levels of fannish-ness - LOTR

[naamagatus]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "dracos_boyfriend" 
<dracos_boyfriend at y...> wrote:


> Basically, my point is, when it comes to movies adapted from books, 
> will people who have read the books find that their opinions and 
> enjoyment levels of the movies are changed in any way?  I think it 
> may well be the case.  Would be interested to know what you all 
think.
> 

Well, that's not the case with me. I love HP but REVERE LotR, and I 
thought the HP movie stunk to high heaven, whereas The LotR movies, 
on the other hand, I thought amazing. I left the movie theater on a 
huge rush of adrenaline. (The last time I felt a similar rush was 
after Bladerunner, I think, and that's about fifteen years ago.)

I have a friend whose a huge Tolkien fan (one of the really rabid 
ones) and he loved the movie too. So, I really think that the 
different opinions stem from the real differences between the two 
movies, namely that one is BAD and the other is GOOD.

Naama, who is VERY angry about the HP movie (could you tell?)