/Huh!/ Bad Ringish!  What'cha gon', what'cha gon, what'cha gonna do,
when Kestie and The Nightwolf come for you?

 >> the movie ending nearly 2 chapters before the book does...)

 k> I understand he did that so that there would not be that awkward
 k> introduction to the next where you feel you are being intorduced to the
 k> whole story.   He did the same with the first.

It helps, especially if you've never read LoTR.

 k> Do you think that the movies will get more of the younger kids
 k> interested in the whole Tolkenish thing?  BTW without taking into
 k> account that I have read the books, the first movie is just a technical
 k> wonder and absolutly beautiful.  It is well done and the pace keeps
 k> things going from one scene to another.  I love it and really want to
 k> see the new one even though it might not be perfect.

I have a few objections, but not enough to justify ripping the movie.

Peter Jackson has done a remarkable job making the most impossible book set
into a movie, and keeping the story coherent.  Telling it in
"chronological" order instead of through dialogue
"flashbacks" works, and
works well.  Some things were placed differently, but I've read LoTR
recently, and it's all there.

Let's see the entire movie, and the extended DVD versions before panning
the movie, howzabout?  It's about like filming /The/ /Oddyssey/, for
crying out loud.

Todd Sullivan
EchoArmorer,Volehunter,Proprietor-Armory&Survival/SportingGoodsStore,Peace
KeeperReject,The_Other_TaglineBoy.

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