Posted by Xtian at xtian.sexualdeviants.org on December 09, 2003 at 11:42:28:
In Reply to: Gracias. That's what I wanted to believe . . . posted by SweetIrony on December 09, 2003 at 11:39:23:
: that Peter Jackson had always wanted to do it. I think it shows in the movies how well he knows & loves the material.
sometimes i see it more in what he has cut, than what is there, but yeah, you are dead on with that comment.
major judos to fran walsh and philippa boyens, his fellow screenwriters. making those books into movies was the most daunting task imaginable in geekdom.