Re: LOTR

John:
> daniel andreasson wrote:
>
> > David Salo, init? If that's the case, I'm not worried.
>
> That's the rumor, yes; but if so, he is gagged until after
> December 19.
If they'd asked me to nominate a consultant, I'd have
nominated David Salo, and so their choice is further evidence
of what, from what I can glean, seems to be a fidelity to
the detail of book far far greater than one could have
dared hope, and much closer to what one for years has
dreamed of without imagining one would ever actually see.

My main worry is about the pacing. I fear it will be more
like Braveheart than Kurosawa or Barry Lyndon; can a mere
three films with blockbuster aspirations be sufficient to
convey the majesty and grandeur? I also fear a surfeit of
nauseating celtickry. But am daring to hope these fears,
like the others, will prove unjustified.

--And.