“I have not done this sort of thing in connection with one of my movies before, but I don’t like my work being misinterpreted,” Mortensen said, speaking slowly, sometimes almost inaudibly. “Tolkien wrote the stories during World War II and he himself said then that it shouldn’t be seen as a comparison to the war. It is no more allegorical now. It bothered me, so I wanted to say something.”
3 responses to “Controversial? Maybe.”
i reckon he is right really, i dont thinik it was aimed at the war or anything people r so sure it was but i dont think it was and viggo is showing a point a people should listen to it.
Dear Peoples. Good vs. evil has been around for a very long time (many ages, even) and if every time something good/bad happens and is compared to any romatic-moded piece, then there will be drawn parallels. If Tolkien had meant that LotR was to be based on the Iraqi crisis, then he must have been gazing very deep into his crystal ball (Palantir)!