LOTR: Why Did Christopher Tolkien hate Peter Jackson's Adaptations?

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There has long been a disparity between the fans of the Lord of the Rings books, and the fans of Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation of the trilogy. This contention has become all the more prevalent with the recent Rings of Power trailers. These snapshots of the upcoming show have caused many fans of Tolkien’s original writings to speak out against the high-budget Amazon TV Series, suggesting that it deviates too far from the traditional writers vision.

But this discord has existed long before the films were made, and goes much deeper than just the fans, it goes as far as Christopher Tolkien himself, J.R.R’s son. Back when the Lord of the Rings movies first started production of the films, it is said that Peter Jackson asked to meet with the Tolkien estate in person. Perhaps the intent was to pay homage and respects to the author and his works; perhaps it was to discuss the creation of the films and how best to translate them to the big screens. However, the meeting never took place.

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Christopher Tolkien refused to meet with Peter Jackson, and made it very clear that he did not condone the movies being made. He, above all else, had very strong opinions about what the story should and should not be, namely because The Hobbit was written for him and his brothers as children, and because he had spent the better part of a decade compiling his father’s other works to publish in volumes such as The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. More than anyone else, he really did know the content and the style inside out. And unfortunately, once he had been this close to his father’s writing, there was no way someone else was ever going to be able to do it justice. Not