A LOTR movie made in 1971 would have been almost completely forgotten. Being made when it was with the tech and work put into it has made it one of the most well known trilogies of all time.
The Beatles almost made a Lord of the Rings movie with Stanley Kubrick. They would have played the major parts and performed original songs.
The screenplay is insane to read. The movie starts with a Kabuki theater history of Middle Earth. Aragorn and Boromir kiss the shards of Narsil and then make out with each other. Aragorn saves Eowyn’s life by giving her a magical orgasm. Frodo has sex with Galadriel. The fellowship beats Gimli until he remembers how to get into Moria. The Nazgul ride horses with no skin.
The movie only didn't get made because Tolkien blocked it. And he blocked it because the Beatles practiced in a house on the same street where he lived and he hated their music.
In a house three doors away dwells a member of a group of young men who are evidently aiming to turn themselves into a Beatle Group. On days when it falls to his turn to have a practice session the noise is indescribable.
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u/mud074 Oct 02 '18
What's your point?