Solomon's Song wrote:
/// Movie makers, when making a movie from a beloved novel, needs to endeavor to cater to the lovers of the book.///
Maybe the problem goes beyond HOW the book should have been portrayed to WHETHER or not the book should have been portrayed. Remember Tokien's words: "Fantasy is not well illustrated in pantomime. The nearer it is to dramatized the worse it is." Tolkien warns that drama is already attempting a kind of 'magic' by making actors portray imaginary characters. To take the next step and introduce 'fantastic' elements is to add another magic wand to the magician's magic wand.
Perhaps magic doubled is magic erased.
---Oh How DO I operate in this new format!? (From an old, dinosaur Wardrobian from an earlier age )
