why do people dislike lord of the rings?

[the guy who be short]

Many people are certianly intelligent enough to understand it, but have no interest in unreal things.

i can tell by reading these forums that we are all intelligent people. look at the vocabulary we use! if a stupider (for want of a kinder word) came along and read this forum, im sure theyd get tired of the long words and give up. jrrt was very intelligent, so he uses long words. we are all at the higher end of the spectrum, and can appreciate it. im sure there are some people who simply cannot understand the words in the book. im not sure if im makng myself clear here, but basically what im saying is, we're clever, we read a clever book, and some people might be too dim to fully comprehend it.
then of course theres all the fantasy haters and people put off by its size, and people who are intelligent but dont do "geeky things" like read.