Quote Originally Posted by Spino
As I stated before, I'm not disputing Scott's early films. The Duellists, Alien and Blade runner are his best films, period. No coincidence that the three I mentioned also sported the most solid scripts out of all films Ridley has done.
I get the impression some of his later films have been basically aimed at making money rather than creating art. Perhaps he needed some.

I think he did a fantastic job of creating a believeable alternative world in Blade Runner, and IMO it is just that kind of dark, sombre, threatening vision that LOTR needed. Jackson completely failed to capture that sort of atmosphere, the lighting is all wrong, much too bright and sunny, the landscape is too barren, Frodo and Sam were too young for the part, everyone looks so clean and well scrubbed, no grime or sweat, and to top it all off Jackson turned the central story of Frodo, Sam and Gollum into a high camp freak show.

In fact the more I think about the LOTR movies, the more I realize just how badly Jackson screwed things up. Tolkien deserved better than this - much better.