Peter Jackson is extending his forthcoming
two Hobbit films into a trilogy. There seems to be some ambivalence about this move.
Personally, I’m excited. Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films certainly weren’t perfect: many, but
not all, of the deviations from Tolkien’s story grated on my nerves. (I have no problem – at all – with the
removal of Tom Bombadil. And
including the ‘Scouring of the Shire’ would have stretched things out too much
for most viewers. But the other
changes were unfortunate.)
The films were far, far better than I had
expected (and feared) them to be.
Once I separated them firmly in my mind from the novels, I enjoyed them
quite a bit, especially the ‘Director’s Cut’ versions. The casting, for the most part, was
inspired. And they simply were beautiful to behold.
Unsurprisingly, though, Christopher Tolkien is not happy with Jackson’s work.
I thought the voices for the Nazgul were a big downer in the movies, but I still loved thenmoria scenes and the Balrog mouth
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