Where credits show up, in what order, and how big they are, are all negotiated by the various unions for directors, producers, actors, etc. I think the Producers Guild of America would throw a fit if Jackson wasn't credited how and where he was.
Okay.Well, I consider that Tolkien deserves WAY more credit than PJ regarding Middle-earth, especially on a story that PJ had nothing to do and is based directly upon the work of Tolkien.
And just to be clear, I despise the PJ "adaptations" of my favorite book of all time
I keep seeing those novelisations of the movies. Are they worthwhile?
Nah. Too long, excessive descriptions, lots of silly poetry, makes a fuss about made-up languages and has a weird fetish with appendices. Also, what's the deal with that Bombadill guy?
The novelizations even add all sorts of stuff not in the movie scripts!! Not great coordination between this Tolkien guy who wrote the movie novelizations and Jackson's writing team!
I've think only seen the abridged version of the Hobbit novelisation, with two thirds of the scenes left out. Or is that the official novelisation?
They should have got a proper writer to do them, not some obscure scholar. RA Salvatore would have done a great job, or Joe Abercrombie.*
That's even worse! It's terrible, just terrible. He made a short children book out of the three movies! He even cut the love story between Tauriel (who doesn't even appear in the book at all) and Kili. Can you imagine?
Seriously! These guys are almost as bad as Clarke and Kubrick! I mean, make up your mind guys. Is the mission going to Jupiter or Saturn? Sheesh!
