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Subject: Re: The Two Towers and Books

Author: Matt Taylor

Date: 13:28:04 12/19/02

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On December 19, 2002 at 08:59:03, Dan Andersson wrote:

>Knowing your books certainy enhances the experience. I actually read the book
>seventeen times. Then I went on to other fantasy, horror and SF.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson

I'd recommend not reading the books if you watch the movies. Otherwise you will
have no choice but to question why Jackson feels an EPIC fantasy needs to be
ultradramatic.

If you don't read the books, you can't be disappointed that significant artistic
freedom has contorted the characters you thought you knew -- such as Faramir the
Villain.

Jackson's Lord of the Rings has inconsistencies in the plot, too. You won't
notice unless you already know the plot.

-Matt



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