Salon:
February 6th, 2002
Salon: One
film to rule them all. Thesis: The reason that Peter Jackson
was able to tell a great story while still doing justice to Tolkien’s
text … is that Tolkien did a damned good job in the first place.
Salient tidbit: “My Balrog isn’t the same as your Balrog”.
Totally wrong: “Arwen [rides] Frodo to safety across the Ford to
Rivendell, rather than the elf-lord Glorfindel, and I can’t imagine a
Tolkien fan who’d put up a fuss”.