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Forum: The Movies
03-24-2008, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
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Bęthberry
How wonderful for you to have walked into the...
How wonderful for you to have walked into the films prepped and made ready by discussions with fellow fans rather than merely by reading the works of Tolkien. Perhaps, if The Hobbit is ever filmed,... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-24-2008, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
One of my points is that they didn't do it the...
One of my points is that they didn't do it the way Tolkien wrote it because they completely missed out on why the scene ends with that little conversation with Sam. If you wish to continue to say... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-24-2008, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
Well, it's been some time since I saw the scene...
Well, it's been some time since I saw the scene (is today a holiday too, and do I have time to go back and watch it?) but as I recall we are shown something as actual which is yet but a possibility. ... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-23-2008, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
Well now, I'm going to respectfully disagree with...
Well now, I'm going to respectfully disagree with the both of you. Because I think that the power of a work of art will work its wonder on the viewer regardless of what he or she brings or does not... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-23-2008, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
A new day means a new approach . . .
First,...
A new day means a new approach . . . First, let me reiterate my assumption that this question of faithfulness is best discussed in terms of literary adaptation. Certainly StW's complaint against... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-22-2008, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
Dearie me, I am confused, as I am certain that...
Dearie me, I am confused, as I am certain that the first post here directed the complaint to various and sundry persons who placed their aesthetic standards on Tolkien's books: |
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Forum: The Movies
03-22-2008, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
No. Please stop proffering motivations to me and...
No. Please stop proffering motivations to me and consider the explanations. Otherwise I might not be able to stop myself from making up Really Silly Reasons. Okay, right, I really cannot stop... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-22-2008, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
This of course is not evidence in support of your...
This of course is not evidence in support of your claim but a strawman--er, straw-woman?--arguement. It speaks more to your rhetoric than to the actual topic under discussion. No. I just... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-22-2008, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
If it is irrelevant, then why do directors and...
If it is irrelevant, then why do directors and producers (and authors when they are still alive and working with the directors) discuss faithfulness and proclaim it as something they desired to... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-21-2008, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,453
Posted By
Bęthberry
I for one don't recall seeing the Lawrence of...
I for one don't recall seeing the Lawrence of Middle earth thread, so it must have been posted on one of the many days that I was too busy in RL to check out the Downs and I'm such a slouch that I... |
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