Rachel Borg
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As this is a movie tie-in edition, is the content any different to the original novels (as in to make it more similar to the movies)? Or is it just the cover that is taken from the movies?
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Paul Magnussen
Just the cover. The Tolkien Estate, and in particular JRRT’s son Christopher, would have been very firmly against any modification of the books to conform with the movies — particularly since Christopher found the movies “unacceptable”*.
*He was quoted as saying “They gutted the book, making an action film for 15 to 25-year-olds”.
*He was quoted as saying “They gutted the book, making an action film for 15 to 25-year-olds”.
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