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[–] [email protected] 63 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I respect the movies, but the further into the story they got the more incomprehensible and arbitrary the deviations from the book became.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

if you know the story how Harvey Weinstein wanted to cut down Studio Ghibli out of pure pettiness as a power play, you understand how these garbage edits happen

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

That bad they had to cut down very lengthy books into very long movies but movies all the same

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's like they skimmed a bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

We’ve had skimmed lord of the rings movies yes, but what about semi-skimmed lord of the rings movies?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Istr there being a story that sir Ian was always carrying the book around and coming up to the director pointing out ways how the shots could be made more correct.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The LOTR movie was full of absolute legends, from sir Ian suggesting lore accurate shots, to Christopher Lee showing Peter Jackson how people truly die when stabbed in the lungs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

You can't forget the sacrifice of Viggo's foot committing suicide to make the scene more meaningful.