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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Joanne Collins <joannec at h...> wrote:
> >I know what everybody feels about books turned into movies.
> >
> >Look what happened to The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings!
> 
> The Lord Of The Rings hasn't come out yet, AFAIK. Or was there
> an earlier version?

Was there ever!  It was made by Ralph Bakshi, and covered the sotry 
of the first two thirds of the book, as the producers somehow didn't 
secure, or lost, the rights to the rest.  Tehre is a movie covering 
the last third, called _The Return of the King_, produced by another 
director.

In general, your comments below, on _Flowers in the Attic_, while not 
quite harsh enough, are valid for Bakshi's _Lord of the Rings_.  The 
movie gave me a head-ache when I watched it.  It was made in a 
peculiar mixture of animation and film, some parts being duocolour 
film (black and red, with lots of movement, being very tiring on the 
eyes).  Apart from more than lax handling of Tolkien's story, there 
were some glaring errors that make JKR's flints pale in comparison.  
I might emntion one scene in particular; it is where Frodo (3-4 ft 
tall) talks to Boromir (well in excess of 6 ft tall).

The scene is produced in drawn animation, with the scene seen from to 
spots, one from which you see both Frodo and Boromir from the side, 
facing each other, the other as if you, the viewer, were seeing 
things through Frodo's eyes.  In other words, the scene is seen in 
two different directions, with 90 degrees between them.  In both, 
however, do we see a full moon in the background.  

I haven't watched _The Return of the King_, but rumour has it that it 
is of an even more abysmal quality than Bakshi's _Lord of the Rings_.

> > Also Flowers in the Attic! 
> 
> *shudder* That wasn't a movie, that was desecration. The word
> disappointing is not sufficient to describe how I felt about
> that. The best parts were literally butchered.

Best regards
Christian Stubø
"'Hold your tongue, you foul clot of ectoplasm', Arzosah 
growled.  'How I wish I could snap you up and crunch you down my 
gullet!'"
- The Fire Dragon, by Katharine Kerr