I suppose I do tend to cut them a fair amount of slack, even though there are some things they did that I really don't like.
The vital thing for me is that they took the story and the characters seriously. (Yes, I know comic relief Gimli but that was only one aspect of him.) The characters were allowed to appear as real heroes, not just action star stereotypes and there was no "post-modern" undertone of mockery. I love it in Xena, but nothing could have killed LotR faster, at least for me. I suppose it is a case of "think how much worse it could have been" but it was what made the films watchable and enjoyable for me.
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Date: 2005-03-16 11:11 pm (UTC)I suppose I do tend to cut them a fair amount of slack, even though there are some things they did that I really don't like.
The vital thing for me is that they took the story and the characters seriously. (Yes, I know comic relief Gimli but that was only one aspect of him.) The characters were allowed to appear as real heroes, not just action star stereotypes and there was no "post-modern" undertone of mockery. I love it in Xena, but nothing could have killed LotR faster, at least for me. I suppose it is a case of "think how much worse it could have been" but it was what made the films watchable and enjoyable for me.