The Hobbit has a director and a sequel

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I say give awesome Del Toro a shot, and I love Peter Jackson. If King Kong had been an hour shorter, I may have even liked that film quite a lot.

But I am in the minority, I think, when I say I'm not the biggest fan of The Hobbit. There are parts of that book I love, and parts I cared for less. I think this may be the rare exception where I walk away preferring the film.

I love The Lord of the Rings books. And I love the movies. I think he, for the most part, didn't include the parts which would have been lost on film, and I think what he added benefited the telling of this particular tale for the screen. He nailed the parts that were almost identical to the book.

One thing that had a die-hard LotR's book fan FUMING to the point of disgust were the elves showing up at the Helms Deep battle in the Twin Towers. I disagreed. I think Jackson corrected one of Tolkien's mistakes; those friggin' elves should have been there, dammit.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

One thing that had a die-hard LotR's book fan FUMING to the point of disgust were the elves showing up at the Helms Deep battle in the Twin Towers. I disagreed. I think Jackson corrected one of Tolkien's mistakes; those friggin' elves should have been there, dammit.

Not unless they could fly. Did they use their broomsticks to get there? Or else how did they arrive a few hours after our heroes? Were they tailing them the whole time?

Point in fact, elves did show up at the Battle of Helm's Deep in The Two Towers, but they were from Rivendell. Among them were some of Elrond's sons, buddies of Aragorn.

Oh, I understand switching it to a character the audience knew from Lorien, but the logical gaffe of them having to have decided to set off for Helm's Deep from Lothlorien about four minutes behind Aragorn just bugs me no end. Sloppy.




ETA: Cherny - just what stories in Tolkien's world were not written by Tolkien???

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Not unless they could fly. Did they use their broomsticks to get there? Or else arrive a few hours after our heroes? Were they tailing them the whole time.

Point in fact, elves did show up at the Battle of Helm's Deep in The Two Towers, but they were from Rivendell. Among them were some of Elrond's sons, buddies of Aragorn.

Oh, I understand switching it to a character the audience knew from Lorien, but the logical gaffe of them having to have decided to set off for Helm's Deep from Lothlorien about four minutes behind Aragorn just bugs me no end. Sloppy.

Let me clarify, unless I'm mistaken, elves showed up to make a delivery in the books, yes? But I don't believe that fought in the battle. It was their inclusion in the battle that pissed off my friends. Whereas I think they belong in the fight.