Book Fans vs. Movie Fans

[Gorwingel]

Whoa, this is a very confusing thread. So many opinions, so many comments, gosh, why can't we all just get along? <P>I have always considered myself a Tolkien fan even though I have not gotten to the other books past the Sil (though after reading this I will be heading to the library and getting to them as soon as I can). <P>Seeing PJ adaptation did not ruin my images of the places in the story. After reading the book I came up with many of my own visualizations of the charaters. My Frodo when I read the book is compleltely different from the movie one, and my Dead Marshes are much more dark and ominous.<P>I know I need to buy new copies of LOTR (I will hit a vintage book store to buy hardback first editions as soon as I can ), because I do have the movie editions (don't hurt me )<P>Basically what we have determined from this converstation is that to be a real fan you have to read the books, and that is a good thing.