Hmm, that is quite extreme.
It is consistent, however, with what seems to be happening here in the UK at the moment. In the past week or so, I have noticed a number of articles in newspapers and magazines criticising the films or the books, or more usually both. Not as extreme as the article above, but hostile nevertheless. And it all seems to have been prompted by the film of RotK having won its 11 Oscars.
Now, we all know that LotR is one of those books that people seem to either love or hate. Very few people have "no opinion" on it. The film hasn't changed that, and neither have the Oscars. And, of course, some journalists will be within the anti-Frodo brigade, just as others will be in the pro-Frodo camp. Journalists write for a living and, given a choice over what to write about, those who are particularly anti-Tolkien will no doubt feel sufficiently driven to vent their feeling in print as a reaction against the acclaim that the films (and by proxy the book) have received. And what more acclaim can a film receive than to top the list (albeit jointly) of all-time Oscar winners. For many, it is probably the "straw that broke the camel's back".
On the other hand, those who love the films and the book probably do not feel sufficiently motivated to write in praise of them as they can simply let the acclaim speak for itself.
So let's dwell on the positives. The popularity of the book is surely at an all-time high (thanks in large measure to the films), it was recently voted Britain's most popular book (the latest in a series of popularity polls which it has consistently topped) and it has been made into a series of films which are among the most successful of films (both critically and financially) of all time.
Kind of pulls the rug out from under the anti-Frodo brigade's carpet when you think of it like that, doesn't it.
