Reply #57: I've read Tolkein. I saw the movie. It was Jackson's dialogue.

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It's like watching Dr Seuss movies. You can tell when they've gone off Seuss and written their own script.

A few of the TCCs that cluttered every scene: Cameras zooming in over a character's shoulder just as he spins to peer over said shoulder (esp with Legolas), for instance. Or having wizards or elves grow and darken and echo when getting more serious. Or having quick camera cuts between Orcs running in the forest--focused only on their feet splashing a puddle or stepping on a log--then cutting back to the heroes peering intently towards where the director wants the audience to think the sound is coming from. It's even more cliche to try to fool the audience into thinking they are about to encounter each other, only to discover that the events are happening far apart, and not at all related.

It was just constant. It's like listening to "Shadow of the Day" and trying not to think of "With or Without You." Or more accurately, it's like listening to Green Day and realizing you've heard every guitar lick, bass line, and ryhthm in a dozen other songs, to the point where junior high bands are playing them at football games.