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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 2367450, member: 44"] I thought about going with the Hobbit as my entry. Tolkien establishes that we are in another world and sets the tone for the novel. I've said this elsewhere on the BY but I was disappointed that the Hobbit movie(s) failed to honor this tone and instead tried to be Lord of the Rings light. They are two very different stories in tone and length for that matter. The Hobbit would have been better told if it were no more than two movies and kept the whimsical tone of the original. Chris Columbus (the director of the first two Harry Potters) would have been a better choice than Peter Jackson. Finally, when you are making a long awaited movie about a beloved classic it is best not to create material out of whole cloth. It will likely alienate fans and break up the narrative. [I]/end rant[/I] [/QUOTE]