Smell this, I think it's expired...

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by davem

LotR isn't an action novel, & so shouldn't be turned into an action movie.

But surely it is, on one level. You yourself say that this is how you read it as a teenager (much as I did). That reading wasn't "wrong" in comparison with the way that you read the book now. Just different.

And if the book can be read, on one level, as an action novel, why shouldn't it be capable of being made into an action film? Provided that one recognises that this is, in essence, what these films are (albeit beautifully made ones), one can derive great enjoyment from them.

And, should a film be made that explored the deeper meanings of the book, then I am sure that I would enjoy that too, provided that it was well done.