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thenewgreen  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Peter Jackson's Violent Betrayal of Tolkien - Noah Berlatsky - The Atlantic

That's a fair criticism, for sure. When they're in the mine and basically just sweeping goblins away ten at a time it's a bit much. It's been a while since I've seen it but I recall that the battle scenes at Helms Deep weren't much less exaggerated. -or am I wrong there?





tubadude  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, I think Helm's Deep was kind of exaggerated as well. Jackson loves to go big, but sometimes exercising restraint is just as much of an art in filmmaking.

thenewgreen  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I completely agree. But I still LOVED the film.

tubadude  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Of course, as did I. I would rather have LOTR and The Hobbit slightly overdone than not at all or poorly done.