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thalioniathiel · 02-06-2003, 02:34 PM

I had tried reading Fellowship of the Ring before the movies came out but couldn't get through it. I saw the movie and was immediately immersed into the story and characters and loved it and wanted to read the book properly. I started and finished reading TTT and RotK before TTT came out and then reread TTT and RotK recently. now I'm rereading FotR.
I think those of us who saw the movie first get more enjoyment out of the movies and books than the ones who read the books multiple times first. seems that too many "book purists" can't get over the differences between the books and the movies. even though some of the things in FotR (movie) didn't make sense when I saw it the first time, I certainly enjoyed it more than I did TTT the first time. the first time I saw TTT I was only thinking about the differences. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] but the second time I could enjoy it better. still, for me FotR (movie) has a magic about it that TTT doesn't. kinda like falling in love for the first time...

[ February 06, 2003: Message edited by: thalioniathiel ]

02-06-2003, 02:34 PM	#20
thalioniathiel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 34	I had tried reading Fellowship of the Ring before the movies came out but couldn't get through it. I saw the movie and was immediately immersed into the story and characters and loved it and wanted to read the book properly. I started and finished reading TTT and RotK before TTT came out and then reread TTT and RotK recently. now I'm rereading FotR. I think those of us who saw the movie first get more enjoyment out of the movies and books than the ones who read the books multiple times first. seems that too many "book purists" can't get over the differences between the books and the movies. even though some of the things in FotR (movie) didn't make sense when I saw it the first time, I certainly enjoyed it more than I did TTT the first time. the first time I saw TTT I was only thinking about the differences. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] but the second time I could enjoy it better. still, for me FotR (movie) has a magic about it that TTT doesn't. kinda like falling in love for the first time... [ February 06, 2003: Message edited by: thalioniathiel ]