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Old 12-29-15, 07:08 AM   #1613
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Originally Posted by vienna View Post
Not a Hobbit fan myself, but the above illustrates just what a "no-win" situation adapting a book, particularly a very popular book, to film really is; if Jackson had made a single film and lopped off or compressed parts of the book to keep a single film adaptation manageable, there would be other Ring fans complaining and saying it should have been made into a multi-part adaptation. I really do feel sorry for the director or screenwriter faced with any popular book adaptation: ya just can't win for losing...


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Read the comments on amazon, Hobbit fans are going nuts telling people don't buy the box set and wait for the extended box set, what more!

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