If J.R.R. Tolkien saw the movies.... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Rose Cotton · 01-28-2003, 03:13 PM

Think of it this way. As people have said it was Tolkien who sold the rights. Therefore he gave the O.K. for a movie to be made out of his books. Tolkien may not have watched movies but I think he knew that the movies couldn't be exactly like the books. In fact at the time he gave the rights the idea of making three movies at once was far from anyone's mind which would have resulted in even more changes.<P>If only Tolkien were here.

01-28-2003, 03:13 PM	#15
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	Think of it this way. As people have said it was Tolkien who sold the rights. Therefore he gave the O.K. for a movie to be made out of his books. Tolkien may not have watched movies but I think he knew that the movies couldn't be exactly like the books. In fact at the time he gave the rights the idea of making three movies at once was far from anyone's mind which would have resulted in even more changes.<P>If only Tolkien were here. __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)