The Arrogance of the Rings

[ReededGoat]

Diamond18...if you listen to the commentary I think you'll agree that she probably wouldn't apologize for being sacrilegious...she borders on haughty when she says it's better...and she says it right alongside saying that Tolkien's writing of it was lacking. I think that's evidence enough that she's gotten a bit inflated during the project.<BR>Many artists are egocentric, but this is not the rule, just quite common. I find that the best artists in this world are the ones who understand humility, because then their ego is not informing their work as much.<BR>It's much too common for people doing an adaptation of a previously existing piece of art to get caught up in thinking that they are improving it. This attitude comes across clearly from the PJ trio. Did they do an awesome job? Yes. Should they be proud? Yes. Have they bettered the book in an respect? Quite honestly I have to say no, but that need not be the goal. I would attribute some of their apparent attitude to the big media wash they've had over FOTR...they're receiving praise all over the place, and since they've been working on it for six years now, and have re-written the script umpteen times, I guess it might be difficult not to think that you're making the story a better thing in ways. <BR>Humility goes a looooooooong way...it is very interesting that she found that she needed to assert this particular opnion on the commentary...in psychological terms this would be speaking to a certain level of insecurity in her character. If she truly thought it was better, she woouldn't need to tell the world on the DVD.<P>that's four cents from me now,<BR>RG