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I never gravitated towards the Lord of the Rings books but resolved to read them in college because they were a reference point for so many of my friends. They
by dkarl 3y ago
I never gravitated towards the Lord of the Rings books but resolved to read them in college because they were a reference point for so many of my friends. They really rubbed me the wrong way, and I had to force myself through them. A decade later, I greatly enjoyed the movies while watching them with friends but found that they bored me when I watched them alone.
I'm a sucker for Star Wars, though. I'm sad to say I've paid to see some of the newer ones even when I knew better.
- mbork_pl 3y agoInteresting. I love LotR the books, but I dislike the movies a lot - maybe they are good as "standalone" films, but they change so much important stuff from the books that they were a very sore disappointment for me.
- zem 3y agointeresting, I had just the opposite reaction - I could imagine them being a bit thin-feeling as standalone films, but as illustrations for the books they worked beautifully.