Umm, I've read the trilogy a good 7-8 times, 4 times before I finished my freshman year in high school. Those books turned me into the geek I am today. Regardless, National Lampoon's satire was funny as hell in parts and I've read it 2-3 times over the years.
LOTR: Return of the King.
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Gollum said:LOL, I take it you don't really dig Tolkien, eh John? Let me guess, you didn't ever get beyond Tom Bombadil? At least that's the part everybody I knew struggled with.
Ha! I tried the read The Fellowship of the Ring when I was in middle or high school and never made it past Tom and The Old Forest chapter. That was one boring chapter. Fortunately the movies left that out. The Lord of the Rings are my brothers favorite books so I just got the synopsis from him and skipped Tolkien's verbosity.
I read the first book in 6th grade . then in 8th i read the hobbit . Then i read the second 2 books freshman year of highschool .3dcgi said:Gollum said:LOL, I take it you don't really dig Tolkien, eh John? Let me guess, you didn't ever get beyond Tom Bombadil? At least that's the part everybody I knew struggled with.
Ha! I tried the read The Fellowship of the Ring when I was in middle or high school and never made it past Tom and The Old Forest chapter. That was one boring chapter. Fortunately the movies left that out. The Lord of the Rings are my brothers favorite books so I just got the synopsis from him and skipped Tolkien's verbosity.
Hehe, Dildo Bugger...
I read LotR for the first time when I was 9 (my mother had read me the Hobbit a number of times before then, as well as LotR itself, and I was reading the Hobbit for english class--and since I knew that well enough I decided to just go all the way to finishing up the rest). Since then I've probably read it on average of once a year (maybe a missed a year or two in the past 19, but I might have caught up in others. Hehe...)
Needless to say, my perspective is fairly firmly entrenched in Tolkien lore, and I have to enjoy ENTIRELY different things about the movies. Heh...
I read LotR for the first time when I was 9 (my mother had read me the Hobbit a number of times before then, as well as LotR itself, and I was reading the Hobbit for english class--and since I knew that well enough I decided to just go all the way to finishing up the rest). Since then I've probably read it on average of once a year (maybe a missed a year or two in the past 19, but I might have caught up in others. Hehe...)
Needless to say, my perspective is fairly firmly entrenched in Tolkien lore, and I have to enjoy ENTIRELY different things about the movies. Heh...
jvd said:
Let me guess..... J. Collins kind of romance?
PS: (I put J Collins cause i never remember which one of the 2 is the writer and which one is the actress... i think the actress is Joan)
I'm not sure that Jackie Collins's work is "romance" per se... at least not after Channel 4 in the UK showed snippets of "The Stud" which was written by her and starred her sister. Let's just say it was definitely shown after the 9pm watershed!!!!london-boy said:jvd said:
Let me guess..... J. Collins kind of romance?
PS: (I put J Collins cause i never remember which one of the 2 is the writer and which one is the actress... i think the actress is Joan)
Simon F said:I'm not sure that Jackie Collins's work is "romance" per se... at least not after Channel 4 in the UK showed snippets of "The Stud" which was written by her and starred her sister. Let's just say it was definitely shown after the 9pm watershed!!!!london-boy said:jvd said:
Let me guess..... J. Collins kind of romance?
PS: (I put J Collins cause i never remember which one of the 2 is the writer and which one is the actress... i think the actress is Joan)
Hehehe I know that's why i asked....
Well, it IS romance... A very explicit kind of romance Only 2 days to go.....
Any news on the topic?
Any news on the topic?
london-boy said:
I heard there was some last minute reshooting for the Frodo-Sam love scene. Apparently Jackson wasn't quite happy with the track lighting in the original shots.
John Reynolds said:
Errrr... Love scene?... :|
Anyway, i'm sure if he didn't like the lighting in one scene he would just get his team to touch it up with their imaging post-processing tools, which looked mighty fine from the extras in the special edition DVDs... He wouldn't re-shoot the scene... Would he?
Given the differences between the movies and the books (which I read every 6 months for about 20 years), I'm actually pretty satisfied with what Peter Jackson has done given the limitations of film as opposed to books.
My biggest issues have been more in how they have made characters reactive rather than pro-active which weakens the moral dimension of the story. Still I can't wait to see the entire trilogy in the extended versions. I've even put off watching the extended FR and TT until I can see the extended ROTK so I can get the full effect.
My biggest issues have been more in how they have made characters reactive rather than pro-active which weakens the moral dimension of the story. Still I can't wait to see the entire trilogy in the extended versions. I've even put off watching the extended FR and TT until I can see the extended ROTK so I can get the full effect.
I dunno, but I've kinda missed the LOTR hysteria. I read the trilogy for the first time around 4th grade and have read them again 2 more times or so, and I honestly don't see the greatness that so many see hehe. The only two characters I liked in the book, Tom Bombadill and Gollum, have either been removed or changed from tragedy to comedy heh. Bilbo impressed me even less, but it might've been due to that I read it in swedish and the language felt very childish. However I really liked Silmarillion, for some reason. Perhaps because it was a bit more tragic or something, but it was good
But anyway, there are alot of, imo, better writers out there that deserve credit. Just as I don't enjoy listening to Elvis because he was original in 50is, I don't really enjoy reading Tolkien now because he was first (except for the fact that he borrowed alot from northern mythology, that is).
But anyway, there are alot of, imo, better writers out there that deserve credit. Just as I don't enjoy listening to Elvis because he was original in 50is, I don't really enjoy reading Tolkien now because he was first (except for the fact that he borrowed alot from northern mythology, that is).
Which did you read in Swedish? LOTR or the Silmarillion, it wasn't clear from your post. The Silmarillion is a very different book than LOTR and does not read anything like it. Tolkien's real strength wasn't so much his prose style, as the sense of depth he gave his world. That's something none of his successors seem to have been able to duplicate. Some may be better writers, but none have managed to give me that sense of history.
Bilbo was the one I read in swedish, and it felt very much like a childrens book hehe. And yes, Silmarillion is different from LOTR. To me it felt more epic, or something like that. I was simply just more intrigued by it's story. But it's not that the LOTR trilogy is bad or anything though, it's just that it doesn't seem all that great to me.
Edit: But then again, I probably would've liked the movie alot more if I hadn't read the books before. When I know pretty much exactly what's going to happen I kinda lose interest hehe.
Edit2: Wops, forgot it was called The Hobbit in english heh. But anyways, that would explain why it felt a bit childish
Edit: But then again, I probably would've liked the movie alot more if I hadn't read the books before. When I know pretty much exactly what's going to happen I kinda lose interest hehe.
Edit2: Wops, forgot it was called The Hobbit in english heh. But anyways, that would explain why it felt a bit childish
