why do people dislike lord of the rings?

[VanimaEdhel]

I can understand how some people may not be able to comprehend the Lord of the Rings. It is not your typical "go in there with your sword killing everything in sight" war-fantasy. There is deepness behind it. You should see the blank looks I get when I try to start conversation about the complexity of Gollum/Smeagol's character.

Now: the Silmarillion...you should see the looks I get when I tell people I've read it. They aren't as surprised about UT and LT, but...for some reason, the Sil really confuses them.

But, it seems these days, people don't really want to think. They want to be entertained more than anything. Tolkien, however, makes you think in most of his works, so that throws people off and makes them dislike his style (their reasons for dislike are the reasons that I favor Tolkien over other authors, actually).