I guess by "purists" you mean the book readers who are looking for a straight on-screen interpretation. In that aspect, I agree. If that's how it unfolds in the book, it should be done as such on screen.
But us non-fantasy folks shake our heads when such silly tricks are used to shore up the plot. Tolkien couldn't figure out how to destroy Isingard (i think i have that name right, with butchered spelling i'm sure) using believable aspects/characters of the story, so he invents walking trees to do it. I know such things are the life-blood of fantasy story telling....which I guess is why I'm not a fan of it. A similar trick was used at the end of Return of the King, with the ghost warriors. Why would a ghost, who can't be killed, be reluctant to fight a battle to regain their honor? Makes no sense....the ghost warriors should have been flesh-and-blood outcasts risking real life and limb to regain their standing. All and all though i really enjoyed the movies, which is a testament to Jackson. Aragorn was one of the best developed, written, and acted characters i've ever seen on screen.... > True, folks like me would have had kittens. Especially since the Ents > were key to defeating Saruman and allowed >Aragorn to recover the > palantir. > > But I think you were being hasty announcing their war ;) > > Russel > >>I'm not really sure how they could have the Ents any more believable, >>but the purists would have been up in arms had they left the Ents out >>of the story. >> >> >>On 7/6/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163077 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
