How many people did you get to like LOTR? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mornie Alantie · 03-19-2003, 02:05 PM

My cousins were the ones who showed me LOTR. Since then I have "converted" my Employer/family friend. He once didn't care about LOTR, now I've explained the stories over and over. My brother-in-law couldn't stand E. Wood. I dont want a single post of girls saying WHAT HE DOESN'T LIKE E. WOOD? Anyway, he moved to our area in August, and I was even able to get him to dressed up for TTT. From not even seeing the movie to Dressing up, go figure. Anybody else got some good stories?

HCIsland · 03-19-2003, 02:53 PM

I don't know how good this story is, but I love the ability of these movies to introduce people this story. My next younger brother is about 180 degrees to me in just about everything and I was pretty surprised when we got together at Thanksgiving, how pumped he was for Two Towers. At Christmas our two families watched Two Towers together and had a blast. We even brought mom along. To put this into perspective, my mom is a 64 year old Dutch emigrant. When I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding, my thoughts were, "these guys aren't so weird". She protested that she hadn't seen the first movie, of course a DVD movie party the night before fixed that. It turned into a LoTR Christmas. We've agreed to do much the same thing for RotK next year. We were in Florida last week, and even my dad watch Fellowship (and said it was alright!!! Wow!), something I certainly wasn't going to push.I love the fact that these movies have such a broad appeal. My kids are reading the books (something that likely would have happened anyway). My brother's eldest daughter is doing the same. I know my parents will never read the books and neither will my brother, but that's cool. I just love the fact that I can share my enjoyment of this story with them.H.C.

Ruler of the Frogs · 03-19-2003, 03:02 PM

It's cool to hear how everyone has had some sucsess turning people to liking LotR. I had been reading LotR, and was on like chapter three, when I went to see the movie. I loved it and it motivated me to read the rest of the book. I read the entire trilogy in no time at all, and when I finished I started reading it again! I was completely hooked. I told my other friend about it, but she didn't want to watch the movie until she read the book. She moved along slow, but she enjoyed it and she watched the movie and she loved it too. She is an LotR fan now too, but she never got around to finished the entire trilogy. She is still a huge fan though, she's just not a good reader. I tried desperatly to turn my other friends to likeing it, practically by forcing the DVD into their foreheads! I had to tell one of them that Orlando Bloom was voted hottest guy in the world by like 7 magazines before she agreed to watch it (she didn't like it, though.) So I have only had sucsess turning my one friend onto it. But I can say I didn't try!!

hobbit punk · 03-19-2003, 04:07 PM

I had some success. One of my friend's thinks Legolas is a total hottie but she also read the hobbit and is almost through the FOTR and with my urging will hopefully read TTT and ROTK. My other friends think it is kinda cool but don't enjoy it on the same level I do. I actually got my best friend pretty into it but he doesn't read often(prefers movies)so I don't think he will read them anytime soon. I did get into some interesting discussions about LOTR with him but now he can't even remember what the Balrog was. And I influened my boyfriend enough that he went to see TTT even after we broke up. So not bad from a group of almost non-readers who used to think that elves were what helped santa at christmas.

gilraën · 03-19-2003, 05:19 PM

"A few, a few, too few for drums and yells..."I've had more sucess with kids than adults unfortunately, and I'm referring to the books too, most people enjoy the films but few are bothered to read the books.

Arwen Evenstar the Fair · 03-19-2003, 05:34 PM

I've gotten almost all my friends to like it!!!!

Cibbwin · 03-19-2003, 08:29 PM

I never HATED LoTR, in fact, I never knew about it till Peri and some friends took me to watch it. I haven't converted anyone yet personally.

Quirkette · 03-20-2003, 12:40 AM

I wanted to get my mom to like the movie, at least. I thought she'd love it. But nooooo. She finally sees it on cable and sez it was too overrated.

Iargwath · 03-20-2003, 02:10 AM

Three people...all of them deteste the fantasy genre, so i think i did a pretty good job with the conversion

Mornie Alantie · 03-20-2003, 10:53 AM

I started reading LOTR a year before the movie, at that time I didn't even know they were making one. But I have definitely made a lot of other family members like it. I actualy owe my conversion to our Barrow Friend MallornLeaf. But now there is not one person who doesn't find themselves qouting LOTR other than my older brother, but he likes LOTR moderately. Its funny, my dad isn't so sharp in fantasy type stuff, but now at least he tries to get the names right......Boroman....Biramir and such. My boss does it to. But we ment to the Movie for his Sixth time (I confess, every time he went I also wanted to go so every time he's seen it I was with him) and he Actually said BOROMIR!!!!!!!!!!I think it was the first time he got it right.

Meela · 03-20-2003, 01:26 PM

none. i prefer to remain the only person with a particular interest in my area. it spoils it if someone else raves about lotr near me. also, the people who do get it all wrong. they called the ents trees. *screams*

03-20-2003, 08:42 PM

Well I don't know how great these are for stories, but I did manage to get quite a few people interested. My two best friends both got into it after I told them that it was absolutly FABULOUS. Also two of my cousins. My cousin Harrison is now OBSESSED with it, almost as much so as myself. My younger cousin started even reading the books, and is almost done, whereas when I got her into Harry Potter, she didn't get through the first book before getting bored.

Mordor_Queen · 03-21-2003, 07:31 AM

well i got all my family and some friends into it.

Airehiriel · 03-21-2003, 08:37 AM

I got my sister and my mother to love it!

Shy Hobbit · 03-21-2003, 06:22 PM

So far, my nephew is the only one I've gotten really interested in LotR. An he's only 10, so he's not quite ready to embrace it the way I do yet. If it were up to him, he'd be playing my Fellowship DVD 24/7, but my mom told me not to let him watch it anymore because she thinks he picks up a bad attitude from it *coughcoughMaxKeeblecoughcough* Yeah...My mom doesn't like it very much, she says it has a few funny bits but is altogether to gory . And my dad...well I just don't understand. He always falls asleep during the movie and has never watched the whole thing, but is still convinced it's nothing but reincarnation and "new age junk". GRRR lol.

HCIsland · 03-21-2003, 06:32 PM

Parents. Where would be be without them. H.C.

Iarwain · 03-21-2003, 06:35 PM

Proudly, I can say that my sole LotR convert had no aid from the films, and since I turned him on to Tolkien he has read the Hobbit, LotR two times, and the Silmarillion. Iarwain

Faenaduial · 03-21-2003, 07:31 PM

I'm happy to say I have 6 people I introduced to LotR: 1 - I got to read The Hobbit and LotR before the movie came out. 2 - I got hooked on the movie but still haven't read the books and 3 - Are reading either The Hobbit or LotR currently.Only one of these is a Leggy Lover. And best of all, two of them are joining the Barrow-Downs.

03-19-2003, 02:05 PM	#1
Mornie Alantie Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Somewhere above earth cause people say i should come down to it Posts: 226	How many people did you get to like LOTR? My cousins were the ones who showed me LOTR. Since then I have "converted" my Employer/family friend. He once didn't care about LOTR, now I've explained the stories over and over.<P> My brother-in-law couldn't stand E. Wood. I dont want a single post of girls saying WHAT HE DOESN'T LIKE E. WOOD? Anyway, he moved to our area in August, and I was even able to get him to dressed up for TTT. From not even seeing the movie to Dressing up, go figure. <P>Anybody else got some good stories? __________________ Instead of pepper spray, you pack a glass bottle and scream "Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!!!" at muggers.

03-19-2003, 02:53 PM	#2
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	I don't know how good this story is, but I love the ability of these movies to introduce people this story. My next younger brother is about 180 degrees to me in just about everything and I was pretty surprised when we got together at Thanksgiving, how pumped he was for Two Towers. At Christmas our two families watched Two Towers together and had a blast. We even brought mom along. To put this into perspective, my mom is a 64 year old Dutch emigrant. When I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding, my thoughts were, "these guys aren't so weird". <P>She protested that she hadn't seen the first movie, of course a DVD movie party the night before fixed that. It turned into a LoTR Christmas. We've agreed to do much the same thing for RotK next year. We were in Florida last week, and even my dad watch Fellowship (and said it was alright!!! Wow!), something I certainly wasn't going to push.<P>I love the fact that these movies have such a broad appeal. My kids are reading the books (something that likely would have happened anyway). My brother's eldest daughter is doing the same. I know my parents will never read the books and neither will my brother, but that's cool. I just love the fact that I can share my enjoyment of this story with them.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor

03-19-2003, 03:02 PM	#3
Ruler of the Frogs Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minas Tirith Posts: 49	It's cool to hear how everyone has had some sucsess turning people to liking LotR. I had been reading LotR, and was on like chapter three, when I went to see the movie. I loved it and it motivated me to read the rest of the book. I read the entire trilogy in no time at all, and when I finished I started reading it again! I was completely hooked. I told my other friend about it, but she didn't want to watch the movie until she read the book. She moved along slow, but she enjoyed it and she watched the movie and she loved it too. She is an LotR fan now too, but she never got around to finished the entire trilogy. She is still a huge fan though, she's just not a good reader. I tried desperatly to turn my other friends to likeing it, practically by forcing the DVD into their foreheads! I had to tell one of them that Orlando Bloom was voted hottest guy in the world by like 7 magazines before she agreed to watch it (she didn't like it, though.) So I have only had sucsess turning my one friend onto it. But I can say I didn't try!! __________________ What a joy to meet! We only wish to catch a fish, so juicy-sweet!

03-19-2003, 04:07 PM	#4
hobbit punk Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 86	I had some success. One of my friend's thinks Legolas is a total hottie but she also read the hobbit and is almost through the FOTR and with my urging will hopefully read TTT and ROTK. My other friends think it is kinda cool but don't enjoy it on the same level I do. I actually got my best friend pretty into it but he doesn't read often(prefers movies)so I don't think he will read them anytime soon. I did get into some interesting discussions about LOTR with him but now he can't even remember what the Balrog was. And I influened my boyfriend enough that he went to see TTT even after we broke up. So not bad from a group of almost non-readers who used to think that elves were what helped santa at christmas. __________________ "The alphabet does not go "A B C D What? When? How? but it does go "V W X Why? Z." -Douglas Adams

03-19-2003, 05:19 PM	#5
gilraën Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 804	"A few, a few, too few for drums and yells..."<P>I've had more sucess with kids than adults unfortunately, and I'm referring to the books too, most people enjoy the films but few are bothered to read the books. __________________ "Onen i-Estel Edain, u-chebin estel anim"

03-19-2003, 05:34 PM	#6
Arwen Evenstar the Fair Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 235	I've gotten almost all my friends to like it!!!! __________________ ~Arwen~

03-19-2003, 08:29 PM	#7
Cibbwin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 145	I never HATED LoTR, in fact, I never knew about it till Peri and some friends took me to watch it. I haven't converted anyone yet personally. __________________ The Warrior Hobbit Nîn o Chithaeglir, lasto beth daer; Rimmo nîn Bruinen, dan in Ulaer!

03-20-2003, 12:40 AM	#8
Quirkette Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: A shotgun shack Posts: 86	I wanted to get my mom to like the movie, at least. I thought she'd love it. But nooooo. She finally sees it on cable and sez it was too overrated. __________________ "No food, no rest, nothing for Smeagol," said Gollum. "He's a sneak."

03-20-2003, 02:10 AM	#9
Iargwath Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 236	Three people...all of them deteste the fantasy genre, so i think i did a pretty good job with the conversion __________________ 'I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry'-Psalm 40 My M-e Forum

03-20-2003, 10:53 AM	#10
Mornie Alantie Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Somewhere above earth cause people say i should come down to it Posts: 226	I started reading LOTR a year before the movie, at that time I didn't even know they were making one. But I have definitely made a lot of other family members like it. I actualy owe my conversion to our Barrow Friend MallornLeaf. But now there is not one person who doesn't find themselves qouting LOTR other than my older brother, but he likes LOTR moderately. Its funny, my dad isn't so sharp in fantasy type stuff, but now at least he tries to get the names right......Boroman....Biramir and such. My boss does it to. But we ment to the Movie for his Sixth time (I confess, every time he went I also wanted to go so every time he's seen it I was with him) and he Actually said BOROMIR!!!!!!!!!!I think it was the first time he got it right. __________________ Instead of pepper spray, you pack a glass bottle and scream "Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!!!" at muggers.

03-20-2003, 01:26 PM	#11
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	none. i prefer to remain the only person with a particular interest in my area. it spoils it if someone else raves about lotr near me. also, the people who do get it all wrong. they called the ents trees. screams __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

03-20-2003, 08:42 PM	#12
elvenarcheressnenya Guest Posts: n/a	Well I don't know how great these are for stories, but I did manage to get quite a few people interested. My two best friends both got into it after I told them that it was absolutly FABULOUS. Also two of my cousins. My cousin Harrison is now OBSESSED with it, almost as much so as myself. My younger cousin started even reading the books, and is almost done, whereas when I got her into Harry Potter, she didn't get through the first book before getting bored.

03-21-2003, 07:31 AM	#13
Mordor_Queen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mordor Posts: 53	well i got all my family and some friends into it. __________________ "In place of a Dark Lord you shall have a Queen! Not Dark but beatiful! All shall love me and despair!"-Galadriel

03-21-2003, 08:37 AM	#14
Airehiriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 470	I got my sister and my mother to love it! __________________ Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty? Job 11:7

03-21-2003, 06:22 PM	#15
Shy Hobbit Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In my own little world Posts: 201	So far, my nephew is the only one I've gotten really interested in LotR. An he's only 10, so he's not quite ready to embrace it the way I do yet. If it were up to him, he'd be playing my Fellowship DVD 24/7, but my mom told me not to let him watch it anymore because she thinks he picks up a bad attitude from it coughcoughMaxKeeblecoughcough Yeah...<P>My mom doesn't like it very much, she says it has a few funny bits but is altogether to gory . And my dad...well I just don't understand. He always falls asleep during the movie and has never watched the whole thing, but is still convinced it's nothing but reincarnation and "new age junk". GRRR lol. __________________ Make Middle-Earth a friendlier place, hug a balrog today! ~The Fellowship of the King~

03-21-2003, 06:32 PM	#16
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	Parents. <P>Where would be be without them. <P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor

03-21-2003, 06:35 PM	#17
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	Proudly, I can say that my sole LotR convert had no aid from the films, and since I turned him on to Tolkien he has read the Hobbit, LotR two times, and the Silmarillion. <P>Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"

03-21-2003, 07:31 PM	#18
Faenaduial Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mirkwood - 710 miles WtR Posts: 246	I'm happy to say I have 6 people I introduced to LotR:<BR>1 - I got to read The Hobbit and LotR before the movie came out.<BR>2 - I got hooked on the movie but still haven't read the books and<BR>3 - Are reading either The Hobbit or LotR currently.<P>Only one of these is a Leggy Lover. And best of all, two of them are joining the Barrow-Downs. __________________ Risk everything, or gain nothing. -- Geoffrey De Charny, 1358 Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.