Lord of the Rings - English Icon

[davem]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

An interesting side issue to this question is whether Peter Jackson's movie would/could be recognised as an English icon, or whether it is only Tolkien's book which can be.

Did Jackson take the 'English' out of the Legendarium? If so, how so?

It didn't feel very 'English' to me. Particularly the Shire - the light was wrong for a start & it just felt too 'alien', not recognisable as the kind of place I've lived & walked.

The BBC Radio adaptation, on the other hand, seemed to get across the essential Englishness of the story perfectly.