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In Jackson's defense(?), the "stabbing-the-pillows" scene is taken almost exactly from the old 1970s animated film of LotR. |
I don't consider that much a defense.
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And, if I recall, Strider and the Hobbits (or was it technically Butterbur and his employees? I forget the details) actually do "decoy" the ringwraiths by stuffing pillows and mop-heads under the covers in the room the Hobbits were supposed to have been in in the book. |
Yeah, and someone (probably the Nazgul) tore up these decoys in the night. I just thought the way they did it in the movie made the Nazgul look clueless. It wasn't nearly as bad the other things I mentioned.
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Because having seen about a thousand movies in this ball park, I have yet to see fantasy kit and / or Hollywood martial arts techniques which look better than the real thing, |
Exactly. I think it could be something of a revolution if Hollywood ever starts more historically based martial arts. It'll just look much cooler. However, that's probably wishful thinking...
Of course, some movies do use more reasonable techniques. For example, I thought Ong-bak was fairly good in that respect.