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Yeah you're describing me. I found Tom bombadill incredibly cheesy and just could not get past it. I can appreciate the Lotr film trilogy as a fun war epic. An
by barrysteve 4y ago
Yeah you're describing me. I found Tom bombadill incredibly cheesy and just could not get past it.
I can appreciate the Lotr film trilogy as a fun war epic. And the cavalry charge was filled to the brim, with a kind of grace.
Opened Atlas Shrugged and a couple pages in, instantly knew I would intensely 'unenjoy' that book. There is a sharp, weaponized dryness to her style of writing. I watched a documentary about her life later on and her troubled love life made an equal amount of sense.
The Fountainhead made a good film though. The emphasis on excellence and images of skeletal verticality were fun. I am guessing cutting down her books to fit a film length helped to make a more friendly viewing experience.
- notahacker 4y agoI think the other thing about Tom Bombadil apart from the character himself being a but cheesy is that you've actually had to read quite a long way into a book supposedly about heroism and a final reckoning between good and evil to get to the point where they've just left home and are now being rescued from a tree by a singing spirit! (I think it's probably less disconcerting to people whose introduction to Tolkein was the tweeness of the Hobbit rather than Peter Jackson's films and high fantasy in general)
- barrysteve 4y agoWell to be fair, when I first read LOTR I was young and was still in the social semiotics hang over of the 60s-80s. Any emotions that did not strike an easy balance with my pre-existing senses, was a tough sell. Now I can appreciate it a bit more, knowing something about Tolkein's 'faith' and the connections he was making. The cheesy, soppy-and-sternness is not so bad with a deeper understanding. I should probably go finish it.
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