The Arrogance of the Rings

[thorondil]

Thenamir says:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>And that's another thing. PJ is making this movie not out of the goodness of his heart, but by using the venture capital ($150 million plus) of another company's stockholders to produce a PROFITABLE product! If you want to make the movie over again, then start taking up a collection from interested fanboys and hard-core Tolkien-heads all over the world, and do it RIGHT! I bet if you did that, you wouldn't gather enough money to buy a day's worth of coffee for the extras.<P> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>The Lord of the Rings is the second most read book(s) in the English language next to the Bible. For all of your derogatory talk about "fan-boys and Tolkien heads" I think you would be surprised at the caliber, intelligence and wealth of Tolkien fans all over the world.<P>While I realize that just about everything in this world is now couched in terms of corporate greed, it does not lessen my desire to see the works of Tolkien presented in the most fitting and respectful way possible. I too like the movie...and watch it again and again...but as I have said before, that does not necessarily mean that I agree with all of their decisions or how everthing was presented. As Lindil said, it is the best adaptation of LotR so far.<P>To me LotR is not a product, but something I have loved dearly since my early youth.