Christopher Tolkien (Christopher John Reuel Tolkien) Quotes

They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25, and it seems that The Hobbit will be the same kind of film.

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• They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25, and it seems that The Hobbit will be the same kind of film.

  

  Christopher Tolkien
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