Crimes Against Tolkienity - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 12-13-2003, 08:36 AM

Yeah, he's made far more money out of Tolkien's work than Tolkien himself did.<P>Whether you believe there's any justice in that is a matter of opinion, I suppose.<P>I wonder whether, if he hadn't been able to obtain the filmrights & had had to make his own fantasy movie, he be any richer or better known now than he was 4 years ago. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing in the movies worth seeing is when Tolkien's own work makes it on screen. The 'stuff' of Jackson & the writers hangs off Tolkien's work, adding nothing, but is kept afloat by the scraps of Tolkien's genius which has survived.

12-13-2003, 08:36 AM	#11
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Yeah, he's made far more money out of Tolkien's work than Tolkien himself did.<P>Whether you believe there's any justice in that is a matter of opinion, I suppose.<P>I wonder whether, if he hadn't been able to obtain the filmrights & had had to make his own fantasy movie, he be any richer or better known now than he was 4 years ago. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing in the movies worth seeing is when Tolkien's own work makes it on screen. The 'stuff' of Jackson & the writers hangs off Tolkien's work, adding nothing, but is kept afloat by the scraps of Tolkien's genius which has survived. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."