Well, I saw the first one before I ended up reading the book, so...
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Originally Posted by Macalaure
How significant or important are the movies for you today?
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I own the full special edition set. Sometimes I put on FotR in the background when I'm moping about/trying to write. It helps. Lots of Legolas Love & general admiration for Ian McKellen's peformance.
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In how far has your reading been influenced by it?
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I think in the beginning it was pretty ifluential, but over the years, that influence has ebbed away. The films & the book are two very distinct entities in my mind.
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Did you have difficulties making your own picture of Middle-earth because of having Jackson's picture in the back of your head?
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Er... no. I have a fertile imagination.
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How do you like the movies now?
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I like them very much. I was actually let down by the third one when it came out in the theaters, but I re-watched it when I got it on DVD, and it was a very pleasurable experience. It's fun for me to see the way Jackson & Co. did it, compare and contrast it with the book, as well as compare and contrast it to what
I would have done.
It fires up my mind.