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Old 12-26-2007, 12:17 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by zxcvbn View Post
If Peter really had that little respect for the books, he wouldn't have gone to such great lenghts to adapt them and the Hobbit.
It remains possible that he "respected the books" for their popularity and apparent money-making potential, and not their literary merit. He did go to great lengths, but with millions of dollars to finance those lengths. Making movies is his vocation, appreciating the quality of fiction writing may not be his avocation.
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