Whoa! Those are a lot of very poetic terms which for me are quite hard to understand. I hope were he talks about the "great tales being told in fuliness" he means that the main parts of the story should emphasized, and others should be minimized. Which if he does mean that, I do think that they achieved that in the films.
Also, in addition, it does sound like that he is talking about the backgrounds and sets in the first part (Was this his opinion on what he would like to see in a film version?). Which I think they very much did a spectacular job on.
I have to go, but I will think about this
