Your quote: Personally it's my view that while quite a few women do appriciate JRRT, and even greater number don't have the mental acumen to grasp it. "The Hobbit" was about as far as their attention span allowed their interest journey.Had I waited, a better example that some males may also not possess the mental acumen to "grasp" Tolkien would appear in this very thread:My Reply: This is such obnoxious drivel. There are a lot of people who fit that category. I guess you have never heard a football player interviewed.
And the screwiest thing about the LoTR hype is that people aren't just talking about it as a movie. They constantly present it as some kind of mystical experience, the battle of good versus evil...
HEY -- it's a kid's story about monsters and magic, people! Get real! Look out the window! There are no monsters in real life. There is no magic in real life.
-MarkWar
In fact when I spoke with Wife this morning after I was home from work, she queryed my as to why I had such a chip on my shoulder regarding women.
My Wife (age 40+) probably has a better grasp on LOTR than I do. She was a HUGE fan on "Sword of Shannara" which I thought at first reading a good challange to LOTR.
It was only after my experience with it, and "The Silmarillion" and the "degradation" (IMO) of Shannara that I appricated what JRRT had accomplished.
Interestingly enough I eek out a living writing and producing. Tolkein had an incredible influence on me, and it continues thru the present. And no matter the money, I am happy in what I do and what I have accomplished.
TLOTR enevitably will be one of the landmark films of all time. Perhaps not apprcated in some circles as much as say "Casablanca" or "The African Queen", or (my favorite movie of all time "The Magnificent Seven") , but a landmark nonetheless.
Being a man I tend to trivialise women's accomplishments. However I alos realize and acknoledge tha twithout women, there would be NO civilization.
Not the Pig I sounded like in my rant, prisoner6