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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     Troels Forchhammer  wrote:   
   >as I perceive Christopher Tolkien's comments, he feels that the Jackson   
   >films reduce the story to contain  just that which attracts the   
   >adolescents and leave out all that which keeps it a relevant favourite   
   >book for adults.   
      
   I don't even think that is fair. To be sure the films leave out a lot,   
   and some of the changes were not the changes I would have made, but I   
   think the films stand quite well on their own as a version of the story   
   Tolkien told.   
      
   Some of the changes made absolutely no sense in the context of the book   
   (the Elves at Helm's Deep is one spectacular example) but within the   
   movie they worked just fine.   
      
   >> (I'll admit that I was a pretty smart kid, though.)   
      
   > I'd imagine :-)   I should probably be making the same admission myself   
   > (though the years have taught me not to confuse smart with mature -- as   
   > a kid I was the former, not the latter).   
      
   Most smart kids are not especially mature, and maybe that's the issue.   
   LotR requires not just brains to read it, but also at least some   
   maturity and patience.   
      
      
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