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Eomer
what we are talking about here is what standard is used to measure success and quality.
In the film business, there plenty of books which support the three I have listed. There are plenty of authoritave websties which provide measurements for these. They are referred to in discussion by film professionals. I have justified my standards and have shown that they are the standards accepted by the film profession, film critics and those on the business end of film.
It is interesting to note that these three measurements do not usually go together. Plenty of films make a profit, but few score so highly in all three areas. Quality is something professional critics look for. They found it in spades in all three LOTR films. Just check rottentomatoes.com for proof of that. I support my reasoning with fact. Not just my opinion. Quality is also measured by the community of professionals who make films in annual industry awards. They lavished many awards on the LOTR films including many of their highest. That is not my opinion. It is fact.
This is not just one measurement of success and quality. It is three. And three that often do not go together.
Davem and William Cloud Hicklin claim that the standard that counts is none of these. Instead they would have you accept the idea that a fim should be judged by how faithful it was adapted from page to screen. How slavish was every word and every scene followed.
I have repeatedly asked them to provide an objective and authoritative source who knows film who can support that idea. That is what is happening here.
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