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Nevrast
Aug 17 2013, 4:23am
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That Jackson's made up content takes priority over the actual stuff from the story...  Or at least it seems that way to me. Seems Jackson wants to impress people with what he can write and to heck with the story Tolkien wrote because we ALL know Tolkien was going to rewrite the Hobbit anyways. Tauriel and Legolas were the main characters in the new version  didn't anyone get the memo? Honestly I'm still on board cause I wanna finish this train wreck, its just too bad that the rest of the ride isn't nearly as good as the part that was LOTR  at least after AUJ it can't get much worse
I see you heavily criticize the Hobbit trilogy as I lurk around the forums. Why can't you just respect the films as they are? They are adaptions, not word-for-word translations. The books and films are two separate entities.
One example is the Dwarves. Some of the designs are questionable for the film, but in the book they have absolutely zero characterization. If they were 'book-accurate' in the movie, it'd be a disaster. Thirteen cranky, bearded, almost-identical old guys, a Hobbit, and occasionally a wizard. Boring. Unengaging. Stale.
I see this ridiculous amount of hate showing up on tORn lately. I used to check here every day but with 'fans' doing nothing but complain, there's no point. There is no friendly discussion here any more and it's poisoning the boards.
Legolas should logically show up since he's Thranduil's son. Who cares if they made the captain of the guard a woman? That's only an issue for the misogynists. They do need to dial her back in the promo material, though. (Have you yet complained about Azog, the worst part so far?)
In order to adapt a book, it's generally essential for the team to take some liberties. What makes a good book does not make a good movie. They are two completely different mediums that require completely different elements to work correctly.
If the trilogy so far was 100% faithful, we would also have a ridiculous, cartoony talking purse, and a childish movie overall. We may also get such outlandish things as Beorn's animals setting the tables (I sincerely hope that's omitted, it's stupid). The Hobbit was written for young children. It would not translate properly into a decent movie without changes.
(This post was edited by entmaiden on Aug 17 2013, 1:03pm)
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