<BR><br><br> Not LotR but the Movies will be rather impoverished. Someone who sees the movies, but doesn't read the books, is not really seeing Tolkien. True; they'll see a great story; but it isn't really <i> Tolkien</i>, if you catch my meaning.<br> More people will read LotR and the rest after seeing these movies; inevitable! But, If I were you, I wouldn't excpect a huge popularity surge. Nor would I care.<br> I don't want to flinch at the cut-outs, Mister Underhill. I just won't be able to help it. Elves with pointy ears!<br> <br> Did Peter Jackson <i> have</i> to be the one to make these movies? From the impression I'm getting, any one of of us here could have done a better job with it. <p>Gwaihir the Windlord <I><A href="http://www.barrowdowns.com">the barrow-downs</A></I><BR> 'Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor,<BR> for the Realm of Sauron is ended for ever,<BR> and the Dark Tower is thrown down.'<BR></p>
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