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RE: The Hobbit
December 19, 2014 at 10:42 am
(December 18, 2014 at 1:25 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I cried. And by cried I mean I sat in my chair, trying to be silent, squeezing my hands together and weeping uncontrollably.
Because Peter Fucking Jackson butchered the story so badly? What an asshole he is.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 19, 2014 at 10:45 am
(December 19, 2014 at 10:42 am)Chas Wrote: (December 18, 2014 at 1:25 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I cried. And by cried I mean I sat in my chair, trying to be silent, squeezing my hands together and weeping uncontrollably.
Because Peter Fucking Jackson butchered the story so badly? What an asshole he is.
Erm, no.
And just so anyone who wants to get on here and shit on The Hobbit knows, I reread Lord of the Rings and its appendices at least once a year. The Hobbit, not so much, and The Silmarillion, only in parts, but still. I think Jackson did a bang up job adapting all the moving parts to screen, and I don't say that lightly. I hate it when people fuck up a beloved book.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 19, 2014 at 10:58 am
(December 19, 2014 at 10:45 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: (December 19, 2014 at 10:42 am)Chas Wrote: Because Peter Fucking Jackson butchered the story so badly? What an asshole he is.
Erm, no.
And just so anyone who wants to get on here and shit on The Hobbit knows, I reread Lord of the Rings and its appendices at least once a year. The Hobbit, not so much, and The Silmarillion, only in parts, but still. I think Jackson did a bang up job adapting all the moving parts to screen, and I don't say that lightly. I hate it when people fuck up a beloved book.
Yeah, well I think he fucked it up.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 19, 2014 at 11:00 am
You're entitled.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 20, 2014 at 9:01 am
If PJ had regurgitated the books verbatim there would be people complaining that he didn't show any originality. These books are not sacred, so get over it. I'm glad he made a movie out of the books, and not just a rote recitation.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 20, 2014 at 11:36 am
That's a complaint with book to film adaptions that will always be there. Much like everything though, you can't please them all.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm
(December 20, 2014 at 9:01 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: If PJ had regurgitated the books verbatim there would be people complaining that he didn't show any originality. These books are not sacred, so get over it. I'm glad he made a movie out of the books, and not just a rote recitation.
The books told a story, the story had meaning.
The movies told some different story.
Making a movie from a book can't possibly be a "rote recitation" - it is a very different medium. But butchering the story is not necessary to putting the story on film.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 20, 2014 at 5:18 pm
(December 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm)Chas Wrote: (December 20, 2014 at 9:01 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: If PJ had regurgitated the books verbatim there would be people complaining that he didn't show any originality. These books are not sacred, so get over it. I'm glad he made a movie out of the books, and not just a rote recitation.
The books told a story, the story had meaning.
The movies told some different story.
Making a movie from a book can't possibly be a "rote recitation" - it is a very different medium. But butchering the story is not necessary to putting the story on film.
Okay, you didn't like it. Give me the home address of the person that made you watch all three of them and I will immolate him/her/it and their family and possessions. Then you can rest in peace.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 20, 2014 at 5:39 pm
(December 20, 2014 at 5:18 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: (December 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm)Chas Wrote: The books told a story, the story had meaning.
The movies told some different story.
Making a movie from a book can't possibly be a "rote recitation" - it is a very different medium. But butchering the story is not necessary to putting the story on film.
Okay, you didn't like it. Give me the home address of the person that made you watch all three of them and I will immolate him/her/it and their family and possessions. Then you can rest in peace.
It is Peter Fucking Jackson who is in need of immolation.
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RE: The Hobbit
December 20, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Waaaahmbulance has been called for you.
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