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Old 04-21-2004, 07:44 PM   #6
The Only Real Estel
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And quite frankly, I can't understand all the complaints. A movie & a book doesn't operate in the same manner, and given the limitations that Peter Jackson, after all, had to deal with, I think he did a very good job.
I don't think anybody really wants a word for word adaption or anything like that. He did do a great job, in some ways, but just because, 'A movie & a book don't operate in the same manner' doesn't mean that he has some sort of imagined invincibility while making the movies. Especially since he said himself that he wanted them to be Tolkien's movies, not his own.

On another note, I won't complain about Thoeden's death scene, but I really liked the part in the books when he & Merry talk, & Theoden tells him that he will never sit with him in Meduseld nor listen to Merry talk of herb lore. I think that would've worked fine in the movie, but it's not a major issue or anything .
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