[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

I think Tolkien would hate it. <P>As Diamond18 said, <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> He would hate all the hype and commercialism surrounding the movies. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>And I think he would hate the way it was changed just for money. I believe that if he ever imagined it being made into a movie, he would want it to be as perfect as possible, and not changed for money or to try to bring in more Tolkien fans. I think he would have liked it never made in to a movie if he had known what would happen. And besides, if you change something just to bring people to the movies (let's leave money out of the picture for now), then I believe that's very wrong. I see them as fans who are not properly introduced to Tolkien, and they are decieved almost. I believe that Tolkien would rather have no movies. I think that a big reason he wrote LotR was for those who want it. It's there and you can read it if you want to. I think he didn't want it promoted, especially like TTT was. And I think the thing that would aggrivate him the most would be how it was promoted; wrongly. Wrongly, I believe, in a sense that the movies were changed so much it is not worthy of representing the books. And as some people have already said, it is not worthy of bearing the name, "The Two Towers". I think that this was like a slap in Tolkien's face. I think that Tolkien wanted LotR (and the rest of Middle-earth) to be left at the books, not made into movies, or anything else.<P>I'm sure this might offend some people (especially those introduced to Tolkien by the movies, but tough. I don't care. And keep in mind that this is <I>my</I> opinion.<p>[ January 28, 2003: Message edited by: MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie ]