Arghh!

I just watched a bit of Peter Jackson's butchery of The Two Towers. It was painful. The sad thing is that the guy actually shows flashes of great talent. The opening scenes in the Shire (in Fellowship), the signal fires in Return of the King seem like genius.

A certain crudity, ham-handedness, and lack of subtle taste poison his work for me. I had a somewhat similar feeling about King Kong, which was an excellent movie till they approached the Island.

In particular, I really hated the stupid scene where Gandalf heals the King of Rohan. Maybe the battle of Helm's Deep will be a little better.

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