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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Aaron Dalan writes:
> First of all, do NOT take any small children to see this film. I would say
> probably 10 would be the youngest who should see it, and that is pushing it.
> Younger kids will have nightmares for weeks, possibly years, if they are
> subjected to this film.
Quite violent in parts, yes, I think most would agree to that. Apart from
that having a child sit there for this long wouldn't be fair unless they
seriously could understand the movie for what it is, and define the
difference between reality and story.
> SPOILER NOTICE
>
> See Dave S's very funny spoiler list.
> I will add a few thoughts. The "big" moments from the book are, for the
> most part, nicely captured and depicted in the film. The bridge of Kazad
> Duhm, Boromir's seduction by the ring and subsequent repentance, the attack
> by the black riders of the Inn at Bree. PJ did a good job of depicting
> Hobbits as happy go lucky types.
> I do have a few small criticisms:
> All the scenes with Arwen are unintentionally hilarious. They reworked the
> Flight at the Fords scene to make Arwen the hero, thus depriving the entire
> episode of its power.
> In the film, Aragorn finds Frodo right before Frodo abandons the fellowship,
> they say a few moving lines to one another, then Frodo shambles off.
> Tolkien's perspective of Aragorn is that he would NEVER have abandoned
> Frodo. It wouldn't have been any more expensive or time consuming to stick
> to the script at that point, and it lost something.
>
> Aaron
I personally thought the movie was utterly brilliant. I saw parts of it
being filmed back in Dec, 1999. My parents live not far from where some of
it was being made (no, I'm not a Kiwi :P). Anyway... I also personally
think some people should check out a few sites regarding this particular
movie as Peter Jackson explains why certain parts of the film are the way
they are. He mentions on a few sites (specially NZ related) of why he had
to change some of the film.
Some of the characters have extended parts as Peter explains why. But don't
forget that expressing in words is totally different than expressing in
visual. What can be written cannot always be shown in the same way.
It's also recommended not to compare the film with the books.
Again... personally, I don't think anyone else could have done a better job
than what Peter Jackson and crew have done!
Mel (waiting to watch it again).
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