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<blockquote data-quote="Spatula" data-source="post: 1281733" data-attributes="member: 2198">Let's not kid ourselves here.&nbsp; The books are solidly in the camp of boy's adverture, which doesn't preclude women from liking it, but does make it less likely.&nbsp; The characters are all male, barring two minor ones.&nbsp; The themes are guy-oriented themes (undying friendship, sacrifice, courage, honor - strip out the fantasy and you have a war story).&nbsp; Jackson fleshed out Arwen and gave Galadriel more screen time, but the core is still there.&nbsp; There's no shame in that.&nbsp; It is what it is.&nbsp; It's not as likely to appeal to women as it is to men.&nbsp; That doesn't mean that it's not good, or that it can't appeal to women.No matter how much you love a work of art, there are people out there that don't share your opinion.&nbsp; Attacking them because they don't share your tastes is silly and a little childish IMO.And attacking an opinion column for not being a review is also rather silly.&nbsp; The NYT's ROTK review can be found here:<a href="http://movies2.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/movies/16RING.html" target="_blank">http://movies2.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/movies/16RING.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatula, post: 1281733, member: 2198"] Let's not kid ourselves here. The books are solidly in the camp of boy's adverture, which doesn't preclude women from liking it, but does make it less likely. The characters are all male, barring two minor ones. The themes are guy-oriented themes (undying friendship, sacrifice, courage, honor - strip out the fantasy and you have a war story). Jackson fleshed out Arwen and gave Galadriel more screen time, but the core is still there. There's no shame in that. It is what it is. It's not [i]as likely[/i] to appeal to women as it is to men. That doesn't mean that it's not good, or that it [i]can't[/i] appeal to women. No matter how much you love a work of art, there are people out there that don't share your opinion. Attacking them because they don't share your tastes is silly and a little childish IMO. And attacking an opinion column for not being a review is also rather silly. The NYT's ROTK review can be found here: [url]http://movies2.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/movies/16RING.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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