Neither The Sorcerer’s Stone or The Fellowship of the Ring were the first movies to leave a story unresolved – indeed, Ralph Bakshi’s animated 1978 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings ended at the halfway point, its sequel unmade – but to do so on a first outing was an incredibly bold move. Calling it a day after adapting the first books wasn’t a serious option because they were never designed to tell a complete story. Did you hear the one about the the Elf, the Dwarf and the Men? (Image credit: New Line Cinema / WingNut FIlms)īut Potter and The Lord of the Rings had to be franchises.
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