[ksen]

I got the sense that Fran Walsh was the real Tolkien-phile of the two. It sounded like PJ had read the books a couple times, but it was Fran that really understood the nature of the books.

[Sam Cree]

"It sounded like PJ had read the books a couple times, but it was Fran that really understood the nature of the books"

I don't know, some of the things Jackson says in the extra stuff on the theatrical video shows that he understands Tolkien very well, he said stuff about what Tolkien was trying to accomplish that goes beyond what you'd get just from reading the books, it would require research on his life as well.

I haven't seen the SE version yet, though.