January 19, 2002 The Magic was Sacrificed for Unnecessary Action My first viewing was a disappointment. The usual people talking all the way through even though I requested they be quiet (mostly kids and fat adults repeatedly reaching over several people in front of me for handfulls of popcorn) . There was too much war. The Hobbits were ignorant of the world outside the shire...except for rumors. They did not run from the black riders they just avoided them...there was a feeling of danger but they felt safe in the shire. They did not continually make it to each place "just in the nick of time". The Inn in Bree was not as represented in the book. Butterbur did not really exist in the movie...it was a bar...nothing more. There was no singing or joy, as the culture of the elves was represented in the books, in either Rivendale or Lothorian. Everyone was dead serious and dull. Other than some nice archetecture I would not really want to live or return to either place...there was no magic and no feelings of timelessness. After reading the book for the first time in 1966...I wanted to live in or try to create these magical places.
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