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This problem only exists because JRRT is no longer among us. If he were alive today, he could simply be consulted at every point.
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Actually, I doubt that the absence of JRRT is a problem (I'm not saying I'm glad he's dead, you know what I mean?). Look at the Harry Potter films: the
presence of JK Rowling is a problem in of itself (once again, I am not proposing that the filmmakers arrange an "accident." I want to read what happens next first!). The Potter books are not allowed to be "butchered" and the end result is
dull.
This is a matter of taste, of course, but personally, I feel that the LOTR films have, so far, lived up to their full potential, whereas the two Harry Potter films lack the luster, magic, and oomph of Rowling's writing.
Peter Jackson has created big-budget "popcorn" pictures that are fun to watch; I suppose that a great deal of Tolkien readers were expecting something else. I wasn't. Not when I went to see "The Two Towers" anyway. I can understand Chris Tolkien's complaining, but he has a very personal involvement with the issue, and that makes a difference.