Lord of the Rings: Why Christopher Tolkien Hated Peter Jackson's Films
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy gave author J.R.R. Tolkien a larger presence in the pop culture zeitgeist in the early 2000s. The popularity of Jackson's films has spanned well beyond the 2003 release of the final installment in the series, The Return of the King, which earned 11 Oscars at the 76th annual Academy Awards. Yet, despite the large-scale success and exposure Jackson (and other filmmakers before him, such as Ralph Bakshi with his 1978 animated take) brought to The Lord of the Rings, one member of the Tolkien estate remained firmly unimpressed by the newer interpretation of the author's work -- Tolkien's own son.
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