Ummm, have you actually read the books?
Its about good vs. evil, and not the cheesy Hollywood version of good vs. evil either. The setting is almost besides the point.
I'm sorry but from your comments it sounds like all you know about LOTR is what you've seen on those Burger King comercials. This ain't Willow on a grander scale.
Ummm, it's tempting to say that ANY TIME you have characters who are intrinsically evil (i.e., monsters of any kind) -- as opposed to people who are evil by choice -- then you're talking about cheesy Hollywood stuff or one-dimensional kid's stuff. I wouldn't offer that as a hard & fast rule -- Dracula isn't really kid's stuff and it's not cheesy, yet he's a monster -- but it's a good guideline and, in the case of LoTR, I think it holds up.
Mark W.
Its about good vs. evil, and not the cheesy Hollywood version of good vs. evil either. The setting is almost besides the point.
Ah, but the setting is precisely the point to MarkWar...unless it could happen in the real world, it should be held in contempt by real "adults".
Hey - I like Willow! All right, it's cheesy and derivative and completely predicatable - but it's funny, too, and the little French pixies were hilarious.
But no, LOTR has nothing in common with Willow except some bits that Willow (and every other fantasy book/movie/game) has stolen from Rings.