JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, who went together to see “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” in 1937, were not really interested in Disney Studio products.
In 1937, when thirteen dwarves under the command of Thorin Eku-de-Chen knocked on the door. The Hobbit J.R.R. In Tolkien’s work, the Walt Disney people were familiar with white-snow in dark rooms.
Author at the time Lord of the RingsAccompanied by his friend and fellow writer CS Lewis (known to have signed The world of Narnia), Also went to the cinema to discover the very first animated feature film from the enchanted studios.
The experience that left the two writers relatively confused and frustrated, as we learn from the book review JRR Tolkien Companion and GuideTransmitted by the article Atlas Obscura.
“The gnomes, of course, must have been ugly, but not like that. And their jazz party was pretty bad. I think the unfortunate idiot never thought of being able to offer them another style of music.”Had thus unverified Lewis, incisive, acknowledging though “Genius” In the representation of animals and the play of shadows.
“What would this man be?” Was he educated or raised in a dignified society? ” He had gone so far as to be surprised.
As for Tolkien, still according to the same work, he was not even sure of the 7 dwarfs in the movie, their antithesis to those who traveled with Bilbo on the trails of Middle-earth. Quite a predictable reaction when we know his opinion on Disney products in general:
“While most of the films that come from his studios have exciting or fascinating passages, each of them has my disgusting effect. Some have caused nausea.”Thus he entrusted in 1964, Miss J. Atlas Obscura.
Even if their work has been celebrated for many generations over time, Tolkien and Disney’s visions had little in common. What a serious compromise a meeting between Gimli and Akhum could be!
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