There are actually some pretty astute observations in that. (As an editor, I particularly liked the comment about the opening of _The Hobbit_, in which the poster points out that Tolkien's description of what the hobbit-hole was *not* completely messed with the imagery of what it *was.*) Tolkien's strength was in world-building, never in word-smithing, and trying to boil down his vast history of a world cataclysm into film-sized bites can't help but leaving a lot up to the viewer to fill in. But yes, some of what to include and not to include could have been better chosen, in terms of exposition.
Still, if you don't worry too much about keeping it all straight, they are gorgeous films.
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Date: 2011-03-17 04:54 pm (UTC)Still, if you don't worry too much about keeping it all straight, they are gorgeous films.