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Reading Tolkien's Long-Dead Mind
From what I understand, Professor Tolkien did not think that anyone could make a film version of his literary work. That anyone actually did might have surprised him. Tolkien expressed the wish that others might take up his re-invented mythology and embellish it. Therefore, it does not seem plausible to assume that he would have taken umbrage at Peter Jackson's basically faithful but occasionally licentious adaptations.
Regarding the up-coming film bastardizations of The Hobbit, I will most likely manage to suspend disbelief right up until the moment that an incongruously youthful Thorin appears. If I can make it past that, I may enjoy the fantastic presentation for awhile longer. But when the elf-click security guard Itaril/Tauriel appears to kick her some goblin or warg groins, I don't see how I'll manage past that. And on this point, I feel certain that Professor Tolkien and I would puke simultaneously.
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"If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." -- Tweedledee
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