tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post6746372075465464028..comments2024-01-30T00:25:38.965-05:00Comments on DUMB OLD HOUSEWIVES: HehMrs. Pinkertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430881135921278001noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post-91457768660693100432013-01-22T15:46:51.632-05:002013-01-22T15:46:51.632-05:00I'm relieved in a way to hear that the ninja-d...I'm relieved in a way to hear that the ninja-dwarves were not ALL Jackson's fault. Curse you, Hollywood! I've read that Christopher Tolkien does not much care for Jackson's treatment of J.R.R.T's work; how much more contempt would he (Christopher) now have for MGM...<br /><br />And yes, I agree, Bilbo's Pity was very well done. Mrs. Pinkertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430881135921278001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post-24823270842421292322013-01-22T10:29:55.051-05:002013-01-22T10:29:55.051-05:00It saddened me to see how much Jackson had to cow-...It saddened me to see how much Jackson had to cow-tow to MGM in the making of this film--there were far, far too many action sequences. But such compromise was duly worth the scene of "Bilbo's Pity" which could not have, in this humble Tolkien-ite's opinion, been conceived or shown in a better way.Aquinas' Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338521183689896720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post-90296812385545595462013-01-19T14:48:58.444-05:002013-01-19T14:48:58.444-05:00I feel compelled to add, after some recent email c...I feel compelled to add, after some recent email correspondence, that I did NOT dislike either the book or the movie. Sorry if I gave that impression. I just don't remember the book, having not read it since I was a teenager. I am a fan of Tolkien; I enjoyed the "Lord of the Rings" (books and films), but I'm not a super geek by any means. I therefore went willingly to see "The Hobbit". RA in a beard was just a bonus. Mrs. Pinkertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430881135921278001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post-56270803400217690192013-01-18T21:11:19.297-05:002013-01-18T21:11:19.297-05:00I must say (you speak of bringing shame...) that I...I must say (you speak of bringing shame...) that I read The Hobbit soooo long ago, I can't hardly remember anything about it. Except that there were these dwarves, and a dragon, and a riddle game betwixt Gollum and Bilbo. (In fact, I think it may have been when I read it to Mr. Blurn and Benwhat when they were wee lads.) I went to see The Hobbit this time round because:<br />1) It was a date. Alone. With my husband. <br />2) Richard Armitage with a beard. Mrs. Pinkertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430881135921278001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post-11905159999430056762013-01-18T20:18:10.119-05:002013-01-18T20:18:10.119-05:00I know I'm an anomaly in the Catholic world &a...I know I'm an anomaly in the Catholic world & bring shame upon our family for this, but The Hobbit almost put me off reading entirely. Even RA & a free movie pass couldn't swing me.<br />Mrs Blurnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post-91923043899418308142013-01-18T12:26:17.227-05:002013-01-18T12:26:17.227-05:00It's all in the telling.
(Harlequin version)
...It's all in the telling.<br /><br />(Harlequin version)<br />"His luxurious chestnut mane caressed his careworn brow and cascaded carelessly past his chiseled features to his battled-hardened shoulders."<br />or<br /><br />(self-published version)<br />"His long brown hair, Dwarfishly fashionable and reeking pungently of masculinity, plummeted down in warrior-like torrents and came to rest on his brawny masculine shoulders, which were also reeking of masculinity."<br />Mrs. Pinkertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430881135921278001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696426935279789613.post-31847293775594803472013-01-18T10:36:09.698-05:002013-01-18T10:36:09.698-05:00So I guess hair spilling out in some places is oka...So I guess hair spilling out in some places is okay...Daria Sockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757677035826817918noreply@blogger.com