• JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

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

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      9 months ago

      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

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        9 months ago

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

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        9 months ago

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

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      9 months ago

      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.

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        9 months ago

        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.