First he turned my beloved Lord of the Rings into an Australian Soap. Then he filmed the blasted thing in New Zealand. Having seen a good swath of South Africa, I can confidently say that the dolt should have filmed them here. Tolkien grew up here. Surely it's terrain inspired much of what he wrote. I think the least Jackson could have done in photographed his films here. Of course this probably wouldn't have prevented his turning the defining adventure tale of my childhood into weepy melodramas...
We've now travelled the entire width of the country and some of it's length. The country is never at a shortage for breathtaking views. It wasn't difficult for us to plot a driving course covering mostly phenomenal views of mountains, sweeping hills, rolling savannah's, and ocean cliffs as we moved 3000 kilometers west to east. The views from our car windows are often stunning and if you come here, I'd wager you'd think it was a shame, too, that Mr. Jackson snubbed its scenery.
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