I've not been a big fan of the histories loaded with commentary. I loved the Silmarillion and read it in the early 80s. The Unfinished Tales were good, and I loved The Children of Hurin. I wish more of he histories would have been pieced together as full stories by competent authors rather than scholarly works of exposition in pieces.
I began reading LOTR in 1978. And I saw Bakshi's animated movie soon after. I agree there are more movies that could be made from Tolkien's histories, but worry that there are not many competent people producing movies anymore.
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