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Topic	Unpopular opinion - I hated Hugo Weaving as Elrond
Southernfatman 01/30/23 1:58:13 PM #23:	ArchNemo posted... I disagree. The entire tone of the movie is different. Like you said, the novels are telling a legend that's part of a story of an entire world. It's a slow, epic fairy tale. The movies are very much a summer blockbuster with an LOTR theme. They're great for what they are, but the changes effectively change what LOTR is supposed to be and made it palatable enough for casual audiences to enjoy. You're right in that they're a more casual version of the story and that the book does explore more themes and such, but I don't think the movies are completely antithetical, for lack of a better word, or totally contradictory to the books. Granted, it's been a good while since I've watched them. We got really lucky they were made when they were and by who they were made by. Even if I disagree with some of his decisions, some even strongly, Peter Jackson was still the best pick to make them. If made by anyone else in any different time, especially in the modern day, they would be even more different. --- http://i.imgur.com/hslUvRN.jpg When I sin I sin real good. <cite>Southernfatman posted [p:971209280] in Unpopular ... [t:80329929]...</cite> <quote>ArchNemo posted... </cite><quote>I disagree. The entire tone of the movie is different. Like you said, the novels are telling a legend that's part of a story of an entire world. It's a slow, epic fairy tale. The movies are very much a summer blockbuster with an LOTR theme. They're great for what they are, but the changes effectively change what LOTR is supposed to be and made it palatable enough for casual audiences to enjoy.</quote>You're right in that they're a more casual version of the story and that the book does explore more themes and such, but I don't think the movies are completely antithetical, for lack of a better word, or totally contradictory to the books. Granted, it's been a good while since I've watched them.We got really lucky they were made when they were and by who they were made by. Even if I disagree with some of his decisions, some even strongly, Peter Jackson was still the best pick to make them. If made by anyone else in any different time, especially in the modern day, they would be even more different. --- http://i.imgur.com/hslUvRN.jpgWhen I sin I sin real good.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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