I have an audiobook of the Silmarillion; it helps, though I still veg out at some of the descriptive passages. You don't need to describe the exact layout of the river Sirion. That's what the map is for!
The plate-juggling was absolutely necessary. That's canon. I was thrilled to see that bit in the film, because Tolkien's work has songs coming out the wazoo, and that's not really present in Jackson's LotR films. It was good to have some of that left in for "The Hobbit".
I never saw "Avatar". After the trailer, I couldn't imagine wanting to. When a film's main attraction is splendid and glamourous imagery, a three-minute trailer does the job. Sitting through the three hours of the actual film is superfluous.
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Date: 2013-01-06 07:35 pm (UTC)The plate-juggling was absolutely necessary. That's canon. I was thrilled to see that bit in the film, because Tolkien's work has songs coming out the wazoo, and that's not really present in Jackson's LotR films. It was good to have some of that left in for "The Hobbit".
I never saw "Avatar". After the trailer, I couldn't imagine wanting to. When a film's main attraction is splendid and glamourous imagery, a three-minute trailer does the job. Sitting through the three hours of the actual film is superfluous.