LOTR/books/movie dead versus live authors

[Schlobin at aol.com]

Hi, HP friends....

I watched one of the LOTR trailers and was disappointed.

For the person who has not read LOTR -- in my personal very humble 
opinion, they are the books of the century -- run do not walk read 
them, read them,...I am envious of a friend (age 45) who had NOT read 
them, and just did at my urging. He is stunned and awed.

For those who HAVE read LOTR, I just read something about how in his 
life time Tolkien was seen as a "character" and a bit of a loser..
he drank beer and sang drinking songs in ancient languages....!!!

The Bakshi movie was awful....

I was unimpressed with the trailer ---- yet I am delighted by the 
HP trailer..I am wondering...

My feeling is that those who make LOTR movies follow their own 
vision...the dialogue in the LOTR trailer was nothing like that of 
the books, which is really stupid, if you have great literature, use 
the language, don't distort it or dumb it down!....but perhaps JKR's 
living influence on the HP movie will help it stay true to the spirit.

Thoughts?

Susan

[esse (my son who will be four in September) heard our tortured 
discussion about sending him to private school -- he lit up and 
said "I go to Hogwarts..! with my friend Harry Powder!"]