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Too close to the book(s)?

Brandybuckled
Lorien


Jan 30 2015, 3:43pm

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Too close to the book(s)? Can't Post

A post in a thread below about not showing the bats blotting out the sun got me thinking...

Have we seen many (any?) complaints where The Hobbit movies (or even LoTR movies) stuck TOO CLOSE to the book?

I can think of non-book-reading critics griping about Bilbo's house scenes perhaps moving too slow [I disagree] ... anything else?

Has anyone who likes the books ever complained about the movies sticking too close to book events?

NAArP: Not An Ardent purist since Arda was dented



Glorfindela
Valinor


Jan 30 2015, 4:05pm

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There is one instance I can think of off the top of my head [In reply to] Can't Post

That's the end of RotK, with the longggg good-bye. I remember there were loads of complaints about that.


Brandybuckled
Lorien


Jan 30 2015, 5:38pm

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Oooh, good one. [In reply to] Can't Post

Although some of the complaints may have been with the mechanics of how it was portrayed:

FadeoutIntoLight[okay, it's over]-->FadeoutIntoLight[okay that was it)-->FadeoutIntoLight[another one!]-->FadeoutIntoLight...

It wasn't quite as ambiguous in the books.Laugh

NAArP: Not An Ardent purist since Arda was dented



Elizabeth
Half-elven


Jan 30 2015, 6:20pm

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But most of the "good bye's" weren' very close to the book. [In reply to] Can't Post

The sailing was, but everything else was much compressed and changed. That said, I mostly liked it, especially the scene in the Green Dragon where we saw, with no words, just how changed our Hobbits were.








Elizabeth
Half-elven


Jan 30 2015, 6:22pm

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The critics hated the first part of AUJ for this reason [In reply to] Can't Post

...but that was one of my favorite sections of all the movies. The entire Hobbiton section of AUJ was perfect, in my opinion.








Thrain II
Lorien


Jan 30 2015, 8:11pm

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I have a feeling [In reply to] Can't Post

that most people didn't like Goblin King's song from AUJ EE. I personally liked it very much.


Imladris18
Lorien


Jan 30 2015, 8:14pm

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IMO, the people who complained about the long goodbye weren't adequately invested in the films. [In reply to] Can't Post

 



Starling
Half-elven


Jan 30 2015, 8:25pm

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I could have done without [In reply to] Can't Post

the singing at Bag End.


Glorfindela
Valinor


Jan 30 2015, 11:25pm

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Well, I was very invested in the films [In reply to] Can't Post

But I have to say that RotK did drag in parts – more so than either FotR and TTT.


Glorfindela
Valinor


Jan 30 2015, 11:28pm

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I could have done without the burping [In reply to] Can't Post

And also without Gothmog and his OTT facial make-up in RotK.

One can find many nits to pick in all the films. But what I personally like far outweighs what I dislike.


Salmacis81
Tol Eressea


Jan 30 2015, 11:29pm

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I didn't like it... [In reply to] Can't Post

It felt like an anachronism, especially with the fist-pump at the end. I appreciated that Jackson tried to throw a bone to the book fans, but it was just too "Disney" for my tastes. The trek through Goblin-town was one of the darker sections of the book, but Jackson made it into a complete cheesefest.


Thrain II
Lorien


Jan 30 2015, 11:41pm

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I liked [In reply to] Can't Post

the melody they came up for that song, and think the Goblin-town suits the movie as AUJ was supposed to be the lightest of all 3.


Imladris18
Lorien


Feb 3 2015, 12:39am

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I was referring more specifically to the actual endings, not RotK as a whole. [In reply to] Can't Post

Though I don't necessarily agree with your comment either :P



Pandallo
Rivendell

Feb 3 2015, 4:11am

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The Trolls [In reply to] Can't Post

I've seen some complaints about the Troll scene in AUJ being too close in tone with the book and not meshing well with the darker makeup of the rest of the movies also some felt the Unexpected Party went on a bit too long (heaven forbid we have characters acting a bit free!).

That's pretty much the only complaints of it sticking too close to the source material though.

 
 

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