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I think CoH, as a movie, basically, from what we know of the story, would very easily fall into the "normal story which is in every second movie". One main hero, who is sort of a rebel, ill fate, troubles with several women, totally wicked dangerous enemy, negatively portrayed ally-characters here and there, and tragic end, eee, if I didn't know the original story and saw a film, I'd probably kick to the television and walk away. It wouldn't be such a typical movie of our age (the typical is that the hero survives), but still... Which brings me to, here you can see that Tolkien's story must really be a masterwork, because the original plot is, if I exaggerate it, really quite "ordinary".
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories
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