[Kalimac]

Saw an article on this in "The Daily Telegraph" a few months ago, can't find it now though...apparently Christopher Tolkien was quoted as saying that he was against the idea of the movies in general, since he didn't think his father's vision could ever be properly translated into film (maybe the Bakshi experience shook him up a little). So he probably hasn't seen the movie, just disapproves of the idea. <P>The article also mentioned that his son Simon was not on speaking terms with his father but that this situation apparently predated the movies by several years and had a lot of other factors contributing to it. This seems pretty believable - Christopher Tolkien did a great job of collating his father's writings etc. but he's also plainly not the most easygoing guy in the world. Easy to see where there could be some conflict.