Re: Tolkein -- Chris' Book Group

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Subject: Re: Tolkein

Author:
Marillion

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Date Posted: 18:47:02 08/27/04 Fri
In reply to: Chris 's message, "Tolkein" on 07:07:55 10/25/02 Fri

>It is pretty obvious that The Fellowship of the Ring
>was a huge success. And why shouldn't it be? It is
>also quite obvious that it drew many people to the
>books. But the question is, were the people lead
>directly due to the gaps in the movie? How would this
>effect their experience with the book?
>Chris

I just recently finished The Lord Of The Rings. I watched The Fellowship of the Ring, and The Two Towers before reading the book. Incidentally, I finished the book before I watched Return Of The King. I must say that the movies did make me want to read the books to fill in whatever director Peter Jackson could not put into the movies. I must add in a way I wished I had read the book years ago instead of seeing two of the three installments before hand. I couldn't help imagine Elijah Wood as Frodo, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, etc etc.. Seeing the actors in my mind while reading the book kind of spoiled it for me. I can't help feeling that I if I had read the books first instead of watching the movies first I might have enjoyed them more.

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