LOTR whiner?

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2003-12-29 01:42pm

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The first link is a chart comparing the characters in the movie to how they were porttrayed in the book. The second is a more faithful version of the battle of Helm's Deep; the author was trying to make a point . The third is that the scrouring was entirely necessary, and the fourth being general bitching.

So, does he make any good points, or does he need to pull a stick from his ass?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-12-29 01:52pm

The Scouring whine is the same as every other.

Tolkein had all the subtly of a sledgehammer. Despite every city they visit in their journey being ravaged by the war, despite endless speeches, he couldn't resist, one more time, trying to apply the idea of 'war effects everyone' to the reader's skulls by trying to smash it in through the eye sockets.

People complain about how long the movie ending was? I wasn't exactly joyful to discover after the Ring is destroyed, Oops! There just happens to be one more villain to get rid of. Convenient, that, I thought to myself at age 9. Why didn't they deal with him earlier?

I frankly don't care enough to read his rantings on the rest. It sounds like yet more repetitions of things I've heard entirely too much of.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-12-29 02:19pm

Summary of all four articles:

"I'm a whiner who doesn't understand how deathly dull - and how many hours longer - the films would be if they'd been line-by-line adaptations of the books."

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-12-29 02:24pm

He actually complained that Shadowfax wasn't as energetic as he was in the book.

Penis!

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-12-29 05:22pm

Ah, the whining and bitching of a book-nazi.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-12-30 08:41am

I agree with his comments on the characters, mostly, though his criticism and scoring is book-nazi excessive.

especially this on film Theoden:

an embittered fatalist, passive to the extreme, illogical, and one of the worst military leaders to cross the boards in theatrical history. Played as unhealed Théoden in the books, only stupid.

Once this guy saw ROTK, he must be feeling so damn right.