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Lakov_Sanite
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Also, Conan the Barbarian is a better movie than LotR, but otherwise I agree with your list.
Whoa. Conan the Barbarian is a funny movie, but better than LotR? Whatcha be smokin', foo? lotr was long and boring, the only reason people like it so much is 'because it's lotr dammit' it was an ok movie that dragged on and on. |
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tgr
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lotr was long and boring, the only reason people like it so much is 'because it's lotr dammit' it was an ok movie that dragged on and on.
Respectfully, speak for yourself. I liked it because it was a good movie/miniseries. It has to be the extended edition, though. |
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Sir T
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I agree with him. The first movie was fun but the second 2 were long and boring. The second has my record for number of times I've looked at my watch to see when its over. So yeah the first 1/3 of the 'movie' was enjoyable. Wow.
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Abagadro
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I LOVE David Lynch's Dune for reasons completely independent of the book (which is in my top 3 all time favorite books). So no, you are not alone.
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Zetleft
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Also in the camp of liking Lynch's dune. I've never read the book and heard my friend bitch and moan so much about how Lynch's version sucks but whatever, it was fun.
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Rishathra
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I've always felt that the movie captured the spirit of the book really well, even though it completely butchered the details. Meanwhile, the miniseries got a lot of the details right, but missed the feel.
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Teleku
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I saw the movie first, then read the book afterward. This is the best order to do it in, as I loved both. Actually, I've found that watching the film then reading the books is almost always the best way to do things, be it Dune, LOTR, or Jurassic Park. Without the previous baggage, you can enjoy the movie, then move on to the awesome written material.
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tgr
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I actually liked both the movie and the miniseries over the books. I thought the books were too much introspection, but it's been quite a few years since I read them so I could've changed my mind since then.
Re: LOTR, about the only thing I didn't really like about the whole trilogy was the almost homoerotic relationship between Frodo and Samwise. Everything else was (to me) fine.
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Bunk
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I also enjoyed both Lynch's Dune and the book. When people ask me how they compared, I usually respond with something like this:
The Book is spaced out evenly with a number of chapters covering a variety of events.
The Movie spends the first two and a half hours covering the first two chapters of the book, and spends the last hour and a half on the remaining 20 chapters.
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WindupAtheist
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Riggswolfe
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Re: LOTR, about the only thing I didn't really like about the whole trilogy was the almost homoerotic relationship between Frodo and Samwise. Everything else was (to me) fine.
It's much more pronounced in the books IMO. |
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