Crimes Against Tolkienity

[pandora]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> All your criticisms to date have been based on differences between book and film. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No, actually they were not. I did suggest that if Jackson had stuck to a fairly literal interpretation of the material in the book he would have done a better job but that's not the same as saying the problem was the difference itself. A difference can be for the better or worse.<P>For example: the scene with Gandalf jumping out from behind the door was stupid and the result of a poor director trying for cheap shocks because he can't actually pull off any more subtle fear or tension. <P>It <I>is</I> different from the book but that's not what makes it bad; it's just plain old bad direction in and of itself.<P>Anyway, there's no point talking to you about this as you seem to have an inability to read what is on the screen in front of you as well as a slavish devotion to being told what to like by accountants and critics.