[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

I prefer 'animated film' over cartoon. But did Bakshi ever promise to stick as closely to the books as possible, without making any unnecessary changes? No. That was a great film, but I was introduced to it at nine and that's how I was introduced to LotR, and ME. Well, there were a lot of things left out and changed in that film. But they did not have the funding and the attention that PJ had. They couldn't even finish the second part because they ran out of funding and it was even animated. So don't even try to compare those two films in this argument. It doesn't work.<P>As I have said before. If PJ had done the job correctly, then seeing the movie would be like reading the book. He wouldn't need to worry about not confusing people, making a profit, and keeping teh audience interested. This film was made for the fans. If it were to introduce people to Tolkien, then its not right. Because if it were, he should have had the movies extremely close to the books, and it should be like reading the books. So then, if people liked the movie, they should like the books. But that's not the way it happened at all. If watching the movie was like reading the books, then people would stay interested if they liked the books or will like the books. And if this was not made for teh fans, like PJ said it was, then it's made for the $$$ and that's sad.