One thing that has nagged me, however, is the way the Jackson movies portray war. Books and films are different mediums, of course. I have no problem with changes, per se, but only with their effect on theme – which I regard as paramount – and on the quality of the end product. It may also interest you to know that I am not a Purist when it comes to film adaptions. Fellowship is the best of the bunch, and things slowly deteriorate over the course of the trilogy, but apart from a few grating travesties ( Denethor), it never really reaches the subterranean depths of the subsequent Hobbit movies. I thought, by and large, they had held up pretty well. Over Christmas, I re-watched Peter Jackson’s Rings movies for the first time in years.
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