How were you introduced to Tolkien?

At first I wasnt really interested in that sort of stuff, but I was persuaded by my best mates to go and watch the first one. From then on Ive been hooked completely!!! I dont normally do much reading but, after watching the second film Im totally into the reading. I got all three books bought for me over xmas and Im making good progress. Im really into it now and sometimes I think I was stupid for not reading the books sooner.