Now that the dust has settled on the announcement of Del Toro directing and people have had time to reflect, most seem happy with the choice although there have been a few points raised worth mentioning from Andrew O’Hehir at Salon.
He goes on about how Del Toro told him in a previous interview that he was not a fan of Tolkien. Andrew asked him at Cannes how he had been influence by CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien and he replied:
“I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don’t like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits — I’ve never been into that at all. I don’t like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff.”
O’hehir says he considered Del Toro to be speaking from the heart and remember it was he that Del Toro was talking to. However this was in Cannes 2006 and everyone is entitled to change their minds although it has to be said going from “not liking dragons and hairy feet” to directing a couple of movies about dragons and little people with hairy feet is a big swing in anyone’s book, never mind Tolkien’s.
He raises some other points regarding how Jackson will cope handing over his baby to someone else which is something I’ve shared my misgivings about and other reasons he feels Del Toro is not right for the job.
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