Actually, no, I didn't like the Shire- it wasn't 'English' enough, the whole atmosphere was wrong, the light was wrong. I don't live in Oxfordshire/Berkshire, which was Tolkien's model for the area, but I've been there, & their Shire was just wrong. it wasn't 'lived in/farmed on' enough.<BR>And you've made the essential point yourself. You cannot film it - no actors can portray the beauty of the Elves, the dignity of Aragorn. As Tolkien himself says of dramatising fantasy, the results are either silly or morbid. The makers of these films have proved you can actually make it both.<BR>Why was I so harsh? Oh, God, I don't know. I just felt annoyed. I'm actually known as being very placid & easy going, & I think its because I just get all the venom out straight away, & don't hold back & bottle it up. I don't get bothered if people do the same with me.
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