I guess I would be one of those people who picked up the book indirectly because of the movie. What I mean is that I borrowed the Hobbit from a friend, having heard it was really good and having no idea what it was about, three or four months after the movie came out. I had no idea that there was a movie or that it was connected to the Hobbit but as soon as I finished the Hobbit I had to find out more. I never saw FotR (or TTT, for that matter) in theaters, and I read LotR three times before I saw FotR. Another one of my movie-LotR loving friends found this site. I've been coming to the BDs off and on for about 1 1/2 years but I didn't join the forum until recently.
The movie has also encouraged me to go deeper into the book and this site encouraged me to read the Sil - I'm almost done reading it for the 2nd time - and I'm going to start UT after I finish the Sil. I couldn't tell you how the discussion here has changed but the movie is what caused me to find LotR so I guess for that reason I am glad the movie was made.
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