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The White CouncilRe: Fantasy FilmsTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by TreeBeard on September 09, 1998 at 08:37:13 In Reply to: Re: Fantasy Films posted by Kim on September 04, 1998 at 14:53:32:
TreeBeard... : I loved "Legend" when I was a kid. Although "Dune" was hard to follow, I liked the way they designed the look of the machinery to be "mechanical" rather than digital. It looked very 19th century. If any of you have ever read "The Difference Engine" that's got a similar feel. And maybe I'm the only one, but I really liked "Fifth Element" It was a little goofy yes, but it definitely showed a different world that made an impression on me. As I'm thinking back over many of the fantasy and sci-fi films I've seen, it seems that visually they're always stunning, but lack the character and plot depth that we love from books. The reason we (at least, I) love fantasy novels so much is that they provide a chance to escape from the day to day crap of our lives and live in a different world, with different priorities, different histories, even different morals. This is especially true of Tolkein. This is the feeling that most movies cannot capture. In fact, I can't think of one that really has done this. I'm sure I'm expecting too much and simply need to experience these movies on their own merits. But I know that no movie will ever pull me as deeply into it's world as some of my favorite books have done.
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