at this point, I consider the movies to be a form of "fan art" or "fan fiction" b/c they have departed sufficiently from the books. not that this bothers me or is necessarily a bad thing.
Yes. Well, it bothers me a little that most of the additions he made either weakened or caricatured characters/scenes. "I'll throw in some made-up scenes* because LOTR is not long or dramatic enough!"
* specific examples available upon request, wasn't sure how to put here without spoiling it for those who haven't seen the movies yet
I thought the _cuts_ he made were fairly reasonable.
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* specific examples available upon request, wasn't sure how to put here without spoiling it for those who haven't seen the movies yet
I thought the _cuts_ he made were fairly reasonable.
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