Gotta read Graeme's hilarious account of watching the entire (Lord Of The) Ring Cycle in one DVD marathon. "Hockey Hair Guys," "Tree Muppets," and more.
To Graeme: if it's any comfort, a lot of the things you thought were dumbest in the film version are things that seemed least faithful to the book in the opinion of this die-hard fan. Especially the decision to cast that little squirt as Frodo. Frodo is supposed to start his adventures as a fifty-year-old country squire with a slight paunch and a fair stock of ordinary life experience though not much knowledge of the outside world. He's not a whey-faced teenage mini-elf. And that ridiculous Army of the Dead? Don't get me started...
Posted by Martha Bridegam at March 5, 2005 08:25 PM