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[aqvilifer]

Has anyone read these books, if so, what did you think of them


Fellowship of the Ring: I thought it was ok, kinda boring in parts..

The Two Towers: Now this one rocked, all of the big battles, and swordplay, wow, i love this one...

The Return of the King: This one was pretty good, better then the first one in my eyes, it had a lot more battles and kept me pretty excited all the way through

[cateye999]

i only see Lord of the Rings movie,no read these books,but i think story are the same

[chinfo]

No I disagree. The general plot may be the same, but the details are not. I suppose it can be argued that adapting the books was a monumental feat on the part of P. Jackson, but they were inivetably forced to changed a lot of things to suit ti the big screen.

[Shackman]

Can you give any examples?

The only difference I noticed is that the story is told from a different angle and the scripts are not exzactly identical. But overall, I find it quite similar.

[LolliPop]

Shackman, on Jul 23 2004, 11:01 AM, said:

Can you give any examples?

The only difference I noticed is that the story is told from a different angle and the scripts are not exzactly identical. But overall, I find it quite similar.

There are a few the ones I can think off the top of my head are...

The Hobbits had dinner at Farmer Maggot's place in the book, In the movie Merry and Pippin stole some stuff and they ran off the cliff.

In the book Arwen was not the one to take Frodo to Rivendale it was a blode male elf name can't remember started with a G. They didn't meet Arwn until much after Frodo woke up in Rivendale and there was a party

They are a few other read the book months ago and can't remember

[grrlfromoz]

I've read all three several times. I'm sort of a LOTR nut. The book I liked best was "Fellowship" because so much "happy" time was spent in the Shire, and of course we got to hang out with the elves in Lorien. I love the language and imagery of all three books however. As for the movies, I liked "TTT" best because it moved along so quickly and those Uruks are scary beyond all reason. lol

[pinksardonic]

I own all three movies and I've seen them so many times.. but they don't compare to the books.

I like Fellowship, but I felt it moved a bit slow, but I guess that's only because it had to give all the background stuff (which was mostly omitted in the movie). I think my favorited, also, was Two Towers with it being in the true heart of the action. Two Towers is also my favorite movie.

On the special DVD, there's a section about how Jackson and the film makers had the task of transitioning the book to a movie and their process. There's this beautiful part where they examine all the drawings from Tolkien.. the original illustrations... and how they created environments from that. Amazing!

[LolliPop]

I enjoyed the two towers movie the best Gollum was so funny. As for the books I liked Return of the King because it had those sections in the back they gave a little backstory on everyone.

Now has anyone read the Hobbit, I enjoyed that also.

[serverph]

Lollipop, i have read and enjoyed the hobbit as well. the hobbit is something like a prequel for the whole LOTR book series. but an even earlier accounts of the middle-earth can be found in THE SILMARILLION.

The book's FOREWORD goes:
"The Silmarillion, now published four years after the death of its author, is an
account of the Elder Days, or the First Age of the World. In The Lord of the Rings
were narrated the great events at the end of the Third Age; but the tales of The
Silmarillion are legends deriving from a much deeper past, when Morgoth, the first
Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the
recovery of the Silmarils."

Tolkien's mythological books are really a blast to read.

[emonerdx]

I loved all three, as well as the movies. I'd have to say the third was my favourite, because the nearer the end the more anxious I was to find out how the story would end.

[Angelexi]

I loved the books.

FOTR was very boring, okay in some points but it always made me sleep. Movie was better

TT was very good. Very eye catching. Movie was better

ROTK was my favorite one out of all of them. It kept me on the edge and made me groan whenever I had to put it down. It was really good. Better than the movie

[chinfo]

FOTR for me is the best, as it has to do most with Elves I love Elves (the Tolkien variety, that is) and their language as well.

[Xenon]

I agree that Tolkien is a great author. He has a imaginative and creative mind. But some times his works can get boring. Pagefulls of verses and boring descriptions. For people who have read action packed fantasy this will scare them out of fantasy z.z.z...zZ

I like "HarryPotter" and Phillip Pullman's "His dark materials". The are great. No offense to Tolkien lovers. His works are the classics which inspired the modern fantasy

[Spectre]

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Has anyone read these books

I think the question should be 'has anyone not read these books?'.

I got the three in a boxed set a while ago, and on the back it says something to the effect of:

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The human population is divided into two parts: those who have read Lord the Rings, and those who are going to.

[wszone]

My brother read the whole series. He spoke highly about it.
But I think the language they use is hard to understand....
Anyway, the movie came out beautifully (even I could capture
only ~50-60% of what they spoke in the film..

[Donegal]

The book is MUCH better than the film, but thats not to see the film is bad.
The Is great, but left out a ton of stuff in the book. For example, Tom Bombadile.
If you read the book, you knwo who i'm talking about. but if you haven't read the book, and enjoyed the film, I advise reading it.

[Neoner]

Has anyone read Nick Perumov's "Dark Ring"? It's very good book about middle earth after 3rd age. I think it can be found in english too.

[Saint_Michael]

even though i have never read the books I knew that the series was one of the best in world and when it came out on movies i was hooked yet i still havn't read them i know they should be interesting to read

[concertina226]

Lord of the Rings! I adore those books, as well as The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings is a truly beautiful series - they read like the history of earth before the Age of Men, our age. Poignant, exciting, full of adventure, romance and friendship, the whole series is a wonder that everyone should be exposed to.

Granted, in some bits it can be a wee bit draggy (i.e. the long Elves' songs), but overall all SIX books (that's right, not 3, they were originally 6 books) are a joy to read

The Hobbit is also a really great book - it tells the story of Frodo's uncle, Bilbo Baggins, and his adventure as a Hobbit Burglar with the Dwarves at Lonely Mountain to retrieve their treasure. If you've never read the books, read The Hobbit, so that you get used to the style (it's also a lot shorter), then progress on to LOTR.

I first read The Hobbit in 2001 after it was recommended to me. Then, knowing that The Fellowship of the Ring was coming out that December, I read LOTR. It took me 1 month to finish, amid final year prelim exams before my O Levels (big national exam taken at the age of 16).

Regarding the movies, they are masterpieces too. Although there are some bits I wish were in the movies, I believe that Peter Jackson did the best job he could and the movies he made are true classics

[Keeper]

[FONT=Geneva]Tolkien is da great man... Lord of the rings just a fancy, but and old people and little children read this! I like how actions goes there, i like how beautiful world of elfs and ugly and cold world of allseeing eye. It's a best book that i ever read!

[Keeper]

[FONT=Geneva]Tolkien is da great man... Lord of the rings just a fancy, but and old people and little children read this! I like how actions goes there, i like how beautiful world of elfs and ugly and cold world of allseeing eye. It's a best book that i ever read!



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[sparnp.fm]

The language is amazing. The way he describes everything, its like he's writing in verse but he's not. The songs are o.k but I don't appreciate them as much since I don't know the melody of it!! hehe.

[Blue0016]

I really like Lord of the ring. I only read 2 of the book,s and its awsome. The story is great, and writing is fabulos. I stop reading the book cause i watched the movie instead cause its faster and cooler. But the movie does usually not mtch the book. Overall, i love the books, it would be one of my favorites, maybe my 3 or 4th favorite. i read the hobbit, since it wasnt movied, and it was an awsome book, i was hooked to it and couldnt put it down. Tolkien is an amazing author and should write more.

[zootycoongold]

I've only ever read Return of the King and half of the Fellowship of the Ring. I thought the Return of the King was good but it dragged on a bit.

[dodgerblue]

Well I made a post here - http://www.trap17.co...T&f=189&t=26953 about a LOTR "music video"

Now if anyone asks, I've run away and gone to Africa...