"Tell people to go and see it," he said to me. But he liked what he saw well enough to want more. John, who likes both Tolkien and animation, was not completely satisfied. What he missed most, though, was the sense of majesty that he always felt was a part of Middle Earth and the quest that unites nine unlikely companions in The Fellowship of the Ring. For him the movie lacked the elements of magic and mystery that first drew him to the books. Greg, a Tolkien aficionado, was more concerned with the mood of the piece. "There's not seven minutes of real animation in the whole two hours," he complained to me. Tolkien's epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings has finally arrived, and just about everybody who sees it has a strong opinion.Ĭraig, an animation fan and a cartoon purist, condemns it. General entertainment.ĪRE YOU READY FOR a controversial cartoon? The $8-million animated adaptation of J.R.R.
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