Re: Hate Thread
I've read all the books and really enjoyed them. There are several reasons why I hate this movie. But the main reason is probably the fact that they changed the entire story. I mean, one thing is little nitpicks like making entire new sets of spells for the main character, or making him instantly proficient at everything he does. It's something else completely, however, when they in fact fuck up the story so badly that there can be no sequels. Because some of the people that play important roles in the further books are now dead, and several of the people who were supposed to die are now alive. Add in the fact that they changed the race of one of the main characters from elf to human... Oh, that's gona be awkward in the future when they realize she's the elf queens fucking daughter. "Oh honey, it's so nice to see you, but... What has happened? Are you a human now?" Yeah, pretty much everything they could fuck up, they fucked up. I can't remember what it was, but at one point they even get the name of a place wrong.
Blargh, so many things... Basically it looks like the scriptwriter has read a pretty good summary of the book, written the script, then the director got a bad summary of the script, and decided to improvise.
/rage