Shame on all of us.........

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2003)

Who are we to judge how the book didn't come out the same on the screen? Books traverse time and space differently than how a motion picture does. Peter Jackson and all of his writers deserve kudos for what they have accomplished. It truly is a cinematic experience that one should see just for the experience. Not to whine and p**s and moan about how different it really is from the book, that might I remind all of you was written about 60 some odd years ago. I for one started of saying, "That's not how it is in the book. Blah, blah, blah...." And as I caught myself doing it I realized that when I got the FOTR on DVD I watched through the commentary for the extended version and paid attention to what was being said about the differences from print to movie screen and how each point in the film was shot a specific way for the whole of the story to remain intact. Time does pass much differently on screen than in the book and certain parts of the story have to be re-written to achieve their point. It's simply AMAZING that Peter Jackson had the BALLS to go out and film all three back to back to back and make this story come alive for all of us to enjoy. He has done what no one thought possible and I read how people are bashing his efforts because he left out 5+ chapters and Liv Tyler was in there when she wasn't supposed to be. Does anyone realize that for the giant battle scene in the Two Towers he spent over 4 months filming in the rain at night? Entire movies have been made in four months, but this was just one part of one movie for him. Shame on us. Shame on you and certainly, shame on me.