What are your expectations?

[Carorëiel]

I don't think <I>any</I> book could be wholey, completely, or perfectly adapted to the screen. That's just the nature of the two different mediums. <P>That being said, I must say Peter Jackson and company have adapted LotR far beyond any of my expectations for such a project. To me, what is most important in adapting LotR is getting the <I>feel</I> right. PJ's movies do that. The casting is pretty much dead-on, the customs are brilliant, the sets are amazing, there's just the right balance between seriousness and humor. It's less important to me that all of the details of plot be exactly as they were in the book. I'll admit that I'm irritated that Faramir's character was changed, that Frodo, Sam, Gollum etc ended up in Osgiliath, that the Barrowdowns were left out, that the Scouring of the Shire will be left out, and so on, but any adaptation would (by nature) have some changes. So, for the points that really matter, I can't quite conceive of how an adaptation of LotR could have done better.<p>[ October 24, 2003: Message edited by: Carorëiel ]