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Message: [QUOTE="visitingcock, post: 3969904, member: 6872"] I am also a fan of Cornwell's [I]Sharpes Rifles. [/I]It's a quite different view from someone who was not raised in the class of "gentlemen" as Jack and Stephen were, and it's certainly not as deep a view of life in those times. Nevertheless, it's quite enjoyable and accurate as to tactics and Wellington's strategy. Cornwell is factually accurate though not as deep as O'Brian. I wish one of the Sharpe novels had been centered on the Battle of Albuera - which the British almost lost under Marshall Beresford while Wellington was elsewhere. It was not a well-generalled fight ([I]although Beresford's total contribution to British victory in the Peninsula was unquestionable.[/I]) I don't think LOTR elevated Eowyn and Galadriel above where Tolkein placed them. They here huge characters in the books. I mean Eowyn did kill the Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgûl, in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.. She was on a brave suicide quest. I don't see any elevation by the movie. Tolkein described Galadriel as "the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth." Her movie character could hardly elevate over that description. Okay, maybe Arwen was elevated. The book didn't have the dashing horse rescue of Frodo from the Black Riders and destruction of the mounts that is portrayed in the movie. Nevertheless, that scene made good cinema and her character after that is pretty faithful to the books. If a movie over-elevates (creates) a leading female roler it is [I]The Hobbit [/I]trilogy.[I] [/I]I don't even remember Tauriel from the Book - if she was in it.[I] [/I]It also made Radagast seem rather ridiculous. All in all, I was not a fan. Three long books = 3 movies that I loved almost as much as the books. One short children's tale = 3 movies that I felt [I]meh[/I] about and viewed as Hollywood just cashing in. [/QUOTE]

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