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that Peter Jackson's LOTR was a travesty, completely missing the major theme of the books? J.R.R. Tolkein wrote a story about how intelligence, honor, and perseverance can win out over overwhelming might and tyranny by exploiting that tyranny's pride and blindness to self. It was filled with complex characters either having or developing great wisdom by not being led astray by pride.
Peter Jackson's film was filled with whining, shallow, and idiotic characters whose only strategy was apparently depending on dumb luck. Not to mention all the cheesy excesses of the films (I mean, someone immolating himself wasn't enough for Mr. Jackson, he had to somehow run a several hundred yard dash while on fire then jump off a cliff!)
Can I be the only one who was sickened by Peter Jackson turning J.R.R. Tolkein's incredibly complex work into a glorification of the stupidity of simpletons? Or was everybody too distracted by the expensive sets, special effects and prettiness of Orlando Bloom to miss the pathetic portrayal of the characters in the films?
