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Winnipeg · 12-01-2003, 11:55 PM

Return of the King is coming out soon and we ae being hyped on it - and we have the new Special Edition Version out of The Two Towers!! Here is something to think about:

So the movies to this point have covered the story. Is that story though what the readers of the books find sufficiant. Is the add in's with the extended DVD's enough??

I have two friends who argue about this all the time. One is a traditionalist and says the movie is raping the grandure of the Books. By putting it to print we are minimizing the world of middle earth, and turing it into a CNN broadcast of the War of the ring.

While my other friend - that being me - see the movies shortcuts as needed. As nice as it would have been to have Tom Bombadil and all the singing, it is okay, we get right down to it. The only thing I did not like was Froto being at Oglalith (tired, cannot spell). He did not need to be there.

Anyway, your idea's??

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Winnipeg Upright Location: Manitoba, Canada	Lord of the Rings, your thoughts?? Return of the King is coming out soon and we ae being hyped on it - and we have the new Special Edition Version out of The Two Towers!! Here is something to think about: So the movies to this point have covered the story. Is that story though what the readers of the books find sufficiant. Is the add in's with the extended DVD's enough?? I have two friends who argue about this all the time. One is a traditionalist and says the movie is raping the grandure of the Books. By putting it to print we are minimizing the world of middle earth, and turing it into a CNN broadcast of the War of the ring. While my other friend - that being me - see the movies shortcuts as needed. As nice as it would have been to have Tom Bombadil and all the singing, it is okay, we get right down to it. The only thing I did not like was Froto being at Oglalith (tired, cannot spell). He did not need to be there. Anyway, your idea's??