adaptation of the lord of the rings is considered by many to be among the greatest, most successful and at the same time most popular of the above mentioned trend so far. it is my intention to look at the success and popularity of this epic fantasy in the light of the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror context of g. w. bush’s aura. in so doing i aim at bringing into the light the determining factor of context – among other things – in the success and reception of an adapted literary work and showing how in return “popular films provide insights into the psychological, socio-political, and ideological make-up of a society or culture at a given point in history.”