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The nit-picker's guide to the Lord of the Rings:

http://jackflannel.org/lotr/

There are quite a few more than I thought.

He makes some good points, but some of the stuff is pretty weak - like this point from ROTK.

The Dead were like a "grey tide" according to Gimli (ROTK p.186,187). Jackson has the Dead appear as a sort of sickly green.

I'm not sure how much stuff like this really matters.

Well, you could argue that none of the differences matter. Some of the things Jackson did I agree with--others I don't. But then everybody has a different interpretation of the books.




And........................meh.

nobody besides Tolkien himself and Peter Jackson can say how things should have went. Jackson was given the responsibility to interpret the books into movies, and I think he did a pretty good fuckin' job.

Jackson wasn't so much given the responsibility as that he took it. He did a fairly decent job; though, I feel he did make a few errors. Overall, he did an acceptable job.

Im shure Ghost would agree with me on this, the "Game of throwns" series would be great if they made that into a movie.

It would be slow in some parts though but it would be great!

The series makes excellent books, but they wouldnt translate well into movies. There are too many fine details (Moreso than LotR) that couldnt be cut out, that and the series is going to push 6 books at the rate its going at now.

Generall, Jackson did a good job translating the books to movies. Honestly, who cares if he changed the colour of the Undead or other minor details. The main thing is that the story itself was told without much alteration.

THE JEW (RaVeN) wrote:Jackson wasn't so much given the responsibility as that he took it.

from "Famous V3#12" December 2003
pg8 "Contents"

He pulled off one of the most mammoth directing jobs ever attempted, but Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson admits he's still surprised he was hired for the job

not the part in bold. he was hired for the job.

Peter Jackson was hired by New Line yes, but only after he did the initial filming and work on the script and then pitched it to New Line.

Yeah, I really don't care about the minor things (ie. the Undead colours). Having the elves at Helm's Deep was a bit much, though. However, the Shire stuff better be in the extended edition.

I agree with the elves at helms deep, that was just whack.
I also hope that the shire bit is in the extended edition.... I just dont know if it is or not.