{"id":195,"date":"2013-01-31T00:28:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonofcarey.wordpress.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2013-01-31T00:28:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:28:20","slug":"10-reasons-tolkiens-lord-of-the-rings-is-better-than-peter-jacksons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"10 Reasons Tolkien\u2019s Lord of the Rings is Better than Peter Jackson\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. <\/em>Tolkien\u2019s Faramir is a classic hero, whereas Jackson\u2019s Faramir is a post-modern wimp with complex relationship problems.<\/li>\n
  2. Tolkien\u2019s Gollum has an internal heart problem that obliges him to sin and which he can\u2019t overcome. Jackson\u2019s good Gollum says at one point to the bad Gollum, \u201cGo away and never come back!\u201d At which Smeagol\u2019s bad side actually goes away until the cruel environment in which Gollum is forced to live and work brings back the bad guy.<\/li>\n
  3. Tolkien\u2019s ring could only be destroyed by the power of Providence: Gollum \u201cslips\u201d on his own. Jackson has Frodo push Gollum. I guess his providence needed a little help.<\/li>\n
  4. Tolkien had no crystal chicks. Peter Jackson couldn\u2019t make it without spicing up the few girl parts to appease the modern feminist palate a little.<\/li>\n
  5. Tolkien was written for adults who could follow a story. Jackson had to please the 20 year old video gamers by having\u2014to pick just one example\u2014a super cool elf run on top of a CGI cave troll to fire arrows down his throat while standing on said troll\u2019s shoulders. Of course, in the book the troll doesn\u2019t even get into the room.<\/li>\n
  6. Tolkien wrote Sam and Frodo to be honest, loyal friends though Frodo was the obvious social superior. Jackson wrote Sam and Frodo to be\u2026 big surprise, a couple of peers who also have messy interpersonal problems including one of Jackson\u2019s lowest dips where he has Frodo actually follow Gollum over Sam.<\/li>\n
  7. Aragorn is a high and lordly king whose gaze cannot be held by either his friends (Eomer) or his foes (Sauron\u2019s lieutenant). His will alone is sufficient to strengthen the men to enter the paths of the dead. Cut, cut, cut went Jackson\u2019s scissors. Such heroes are far too heavy for today. They might make us feel bad since we obviously aren\u2019t as good as them.<\/li>\n
  8. Tolkien has some battles that are crucial to the plot, but occupy less than 30 pages out of 1,000. Jackson has scene after scene of gruesome orcs complete with creative ways to make blood fly.<\/li>\n
  9. Tolkien wrote Theoden to be one more among many heroes. Jackson had him doubting and doting even after his \u201cconversion.\u201d<\/li>\n
  10. Tolkien\u2019s son and executor said, \u201cThey [Jackson and co.] eviscerated it [his dad\u2019s classic tale] by making it an action movie for young people aged 15-25.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And I haven\u2019t even endured all the films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tolkien\u2019s Faramir is a classic hero, whereas Jackson\u2019s Faramir is a post-modern wimp with complex relationship problems. Tolkien\u2019s Gollum has an internal heart problem that obliges him to sin and which he can\u2019t overcome. Jackson\u2019s good Gollum says at one … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[356,84,88],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lists","tag-lists","tag-tolkien","tag-worthwhile-books"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3QrZa-39","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}