From: "Travis Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
opinion on the trilogy, plus throwing in a friendly jab. And as to my opinion, I don't think you can really make any judgement on the movies, unless you compare them to the books, which is the true receptacle of the Lord Of The Rings story. This is just my own opinion...
I disagree. Although, personally it's hard for me to see the films in any light besides how faithful/unfaithful it is to the books, I don't think that's the only, or even primary, criteria for anyone but hardcore fans of the novel to use. Movies really do have to stand on, and should be judged by, their own merits. There's tons of movies out there based on books, which I've never read, and it's silly to think I couldn't make a judgement on them because of that.
For example, I think The Green Mile was a fantastic film, and Firestarter was lousy, but I've never read those Stephen King works, and think it would be silly to judge them purely in terms of their faithfulness to their original works. And for most people it will be the same for LOTR, even if we hardcore fans have a hard time seeing it that way.
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