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I believe Hair and Corin were positively flapped!

A dwarf is never "flapped!"

I, quite frankly, think this whole thing with WFTR's comments has been blown out of proportion. I'm sure WFTR is a nice guy, and he does some good work on his web site. I, along with most of the posters here, happen to disagree with his assessment of the movie.

I never felt his comments were "personal." I was never "flapped." And I saw the invitation over at The Green Dragon and actually made it a point to make sure I caught his post over here.

I have no problem with folks who don't like the movie (or even the book - horrors). Like I said, that's a matter of opinion and theirs is wrong...

But I read the list and, while I can only assume he didn't mean it this way, it read like "This is what is wrong with the movie and you guys are stoopid if you can't see it..."

I saw lots of things that were different in the movie. But I didn't let that stop my enjoyment. And it apparently didn't stop it for anyone else here. But that's why I thought the list of 30 was picking at nits.

It's off to Took's Corner for me...

My apologies Master Dwarf! :)

Some on his list I thought were rather ...ahem... "minor" points and I let them pass while a few of them I actually agreed with. I guess I'm just not enough of a purist or am enough of a realist to accept the fact that the movie can't be just like the book.

Have some watermelon (water "mellon"? nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!) I'm all out of wings!

But I read the list and, while I can only assume he didn't mean it this way, it read like "This is what is wrong with the movie and you guys are stoopid if you can't see it..."

Many people have this reaction to my writing, particularly when their first exposure is to something about which I am passionate. I say what I think, and when I feel strongly about it, I state it strongly. I try very hard not to attack personally those who disagree with me unless I have a specific purpose in doing so (for instance when Clintonists won't admit that Clinton is a liar). A movie is not worth a personal attack. Nothing in my list was intended as an insult against those with different opinions about the movie. I was very disappointed in FOTR. Rather than making vague protests against it, I stated specifically what I didn't like and why. People can agree. They can disagree. They can agree with much of the substance of the points while still disagreeing with my conclusion. It's just a movie. I'm happy to move to other things.

I'm encouraged that a few of you liked my website. I'm going to do a review of a Dean Koontz book within a month or two. I like Dean Koontz. If you want, read one of his books and send me an e-mail telling me all the things that you don't like about it. I know that they've made some of his books into movies. Don't tell me where to find them.

WFTR
Bill