Very OT: Lord of the Rings

[sineadsiobhan]

I remember in the chat we were talking about how Tolkien would have not 
liked the movie made. I know dead people don't have rights but do their 
relatives have rights as well? 

Does this affect the movie since the author had hated the idea of his 
movie being made? Do you think the sales would ever pass Harry Potter, 
if so why? If not, why? 

I have a few ideas for the "if not" statement: Age gaps

Here's the article I just read a minute ago and thought you might like 
to read. 

I still need to read the book! Grrrr

Sinead


Movies and Film 

Film won't do justice to "Rings" - Tolkien's son
Reuters
Dec 7 2001 9:28PM

LONDON (Reuters) - The son of J.R.R. Tolkien says the forthcoming 
Hollywood adaptation of his father's classic "The Lord of the Rings" 
will not do justice to the magical Middle Earth tale. 

In a statement to newspapers published Saturday, Christopher Tolkien,  
who is literary protector of his father's works, said he did not 
disapprove of the film but was dubious about the adaptation. 

"My own position is that 'The Lord Of The Rings' is peculiarly 
unsuitable to transformation into visual dramatic form," he said. 

Michael White, who wrote a biography about the Oxford professor and 
creator of the trilogy, said the author would have hated the film. 

"I think he would have just closed his eyes to it," White said of 
Tolkien, who died in 1973 aged 81. 

"He had a hatred of all things Hollywood and did not believe in the 
idea of imitation being the best form of flattery. As a writer I find 
that staggering." 

"The Fellowship of the Ring," the first in a trilogy of films based on 
Tolkien's best-loved novels, will have its premiere in London on 
December 10 amid intense hype over its box office potential. 

Reuters/Variety