Before Peter Jackson released The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring into theaters, he made it abundantly clear that his films were not “official.”
The films are a great addendum to the book, as opposed to a replacement; even Jackson's changes, which continue to draw complaints from some--are an incentive to read the novel for a basis of comparison...
what a missed opportunity. I would have contracted the cast to do an unabridged audio book series, with Andy Serkis as narrator. And fill in the missing pieces like Nick Frost as Fatty Bolger, John Cleese as Tom Bombadil, etc.
I grew up watching Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. And then I read the books by Arthur Conan Doyle . . . and then there's Ian Fleming's James Bond . . .
The films are a great addendum to the book, as opposed to a replacement; even Jackson's changes, which continue to draw complaints from some--are an incentive to read the novel for a basis of comparison...
what a missed opportunity. I would have contracted the cast to do an unabridged audio book series, with Andy Serkis as narrator. And fill in the missing pieces like Nick Frost as Fatty Bolger, John Cleese as Tom Bombadil, etc.
This makes me appreciate the movies more. If only we had filmmakers as humble these days, instead of attacking people for their terrible decisions.
I grew up watching Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. And then I read the books by Arthur Conan Doyle . . . and then there's Ian Fleming's James Bond . . .