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Originally Posted by Reaver
I could not disagree more. I thought that Jackson and Co. did the right thing in not being slavishly devoted to the novels, instead choosing to honor the spirit of the novels. There are a great many changes that were made going from book to screen, but the heart of the novels is still there, and that is what counted. Technically speaking, the LotR films are poor literal adaptations, but wonderful spiritual adaptations.
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No movie needs two hours of nothing but two hobbits talking with a skeleton, which these films had. ANY movie would have cut that down, but not these. If that's not slavingly keeping book dialogue, than I guess it was just bad film making period.