The wargs were not bears, Sam, they were based on hyenas, which, to my knowledge, are mostly considered to be wolves +1. Jaws that can bite through metal and crack bones like candy canes are usually considered cool, in my book.
Also, I've got to argue with all the people out there saying that the movies are shit because (insert whiny voice here) 'They're not true to the books'.
I'm as big a fan as the books as anyone, but even I think that the movies are far superior. If you want to get bogged down in unneccesary, pointlessly long descriptions, constant changes in pace, tons upon tons of footnotes, pointless characters who are here one minute, gone the next, and a beginning that takes forever to get into, be my guest. But for me, the movies take the best moments from the books, cut out all the unnecessary stuff, add in bits that might have been, all the while with exciting battle scene in between. It's all very well to say that the books are exciting, but who seriously felt exhilarated reading about the troll attack in Balin's Tomb, and the flight to the Bridge Of Khazad-dum in the book, as opposed to seeing it, up on screen in all it's glory.
It's the movies that make the Lord Of The Rings phenomenon what it is.
The wargs were not bears, Sam, they were based on hyenas, which, to my knowledge, are mostly considered to be wolves +1. Jaws that can bite through metal and crack bones like candy canes are usually considered cool, in my book.
Also, I've got to argue with all the people out there saying that the movies are shit because (insert whiny voice here) 'They're not true to the books'.
I'm as big a fan as the books as anyone, but even I think that the movies are far superior. If you want to get bogged down in unneccesary, pointlessly long descriptions, constant changes in pace, tons upon tons of footnotes, pointless characters who are here one minute, gone the next, and a beginning that takes forever to get into, be my guest. But for me, the movies take the best moments from the books, cut out all the unnecessary stuff, add in bits that might have been, all the while with exciting battle scene in between. It's all very well to say that the books are exciting, but who seriously felt exhilarated reading about the troll attack in Balin's Tomb, and the flight to the Bridge Of Khazad-dum in the book, as opposed to seeing it, up on screen in all it's glory.
It's the movies that make the Lord Of The Rings phenomenon what it is.