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The (translated) article that I read implies very strongly that CTs view is that the movies harm the books and Tolkien's Legacy. For example, the following quote is attributed to CT: "The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has gone too far for me. Such commercialisation has reduced the esthetic and philosophical impact of this creation to nothing. There is only one solution for me: turning my head away." The above quote could indeed be taken as "The movies in and of themselves have no aesthetic or philosophical impact", but that certainly isn't how most people seem to have read it (judging by the various comments on various fora). It has widely been read as "The movies and commercialisation have reduced the value of the original work to nothing". It may be that the article is ambiguous (or the translation is ambiguous), unfortunately. Readers can only go on the words that are written...
Posted on: 2012/7/15 15:40
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He says that about the commercialisation which is itself an effect of the movies.
In a way perhaps what he dislikes or regrets is that the movies have now become more genreally known than the books. Especially if he don't think of the moveis as good representations of the story.
Posted on: 2012/7/16 9:36
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Sorry, but of course that's his point. The movies are, for a start, derivative; additionally, in my opinion, they're crap --as they have very little in common with the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. That these are better known (if that is actually the case) is a travesty, both for fans of literature, & for The Tolkien Estate --as they are a catastrophic misrepresentation of the literature they derive from.
This in itself is not (or does not need to be) particularly important to you or me --but it is for a the heirs of J. R. R. Tolkien, whose job it is to preserve & share the literature (& its "message", whatever that may be) that Tolkien left the world. I suggest to you that Christopher thinks Jackson has made a poor job of this. BH
Posted on: 2012/7/16 15:14
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Out of interest, is CT on record as having an opinion with regards to the BBC Radio dramatisation of the LoTR? I thought that it succeeded in pretty much every aspect where the movies utterly failed.
Posted on: 2012/7/16 15:22
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He said it sucked too!
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Posted on: 2012/7/16 15:28
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