When it comes to any film based on a book, there definitely is a need for simplication. In my mind, LotR will never be successfully adapted to film. The beauty of Tolkien's life work is not in seeing which is what film is all about. It is in imagination and thought.
[ December 18, 2002: Message edited by: TolkienGurl ]
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