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Lord Of The Rings - Books Vs. Movies - Page 2

With LoTR, the movies were never even meant to approach the books. There is no possible way. It would take 30 or 40 hours worth of movie to even include (in passing) the many rich events described in the books.

More than anything, I think that the movies were a tribute to the books. An attempt to show one person's view of what the land was like, who the characters were, etc.

Think of it. Tolkein lived in England, in Oxfordshire. I have been to a small valley that I am positive was his model for the Shire. It is near Banbury. When you enter it, you see this extensive vale, with a single hill popping up in the middle of it. The first time I saw it, I knew it was Bag End.

The movies were all filmed in New Zealand. Perfect place for the mountain scenes. But if you think about it, there weren't many overviews of the Shire.

I think both should just stand on their own merits. The movies were extremely good. But the books essentially made a place for an entire genre of literature and movies.

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For some reason, I liked the movies better. Only two reasons I can think of. One might be the writing style. I think Tolkien writes in a way that is too drawn out, and I'm just talking about the conversations between characters here. It's not a lack of being able to read it, because I understood it... for the most part. Of course, it's not like it was in "Ye Olde English" either (even so, Dragon Warrior 1 would've prepared me for that, with all of its "thee" and "thou" stuff in dialouge ).

The other reason may be lack of humor... probably compared to the movies (keep in mind, I read all three books after seeing Fellowship of the Ring, meaning two of them were read before seeing the movies). I only laughed once throughout the 3 books. Ironically, I liked how everything in the movies was done compared to the books, even if I may not be so thrilled with a few missing scenes.

BTW, all of this is in contrast to Harry Potter, where I liked the books more than the movies. Both were equally hilarious, though (except the 3rd movie, which I feel mauled my favorite of the books).

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For most people, whichever you see or read first, you tend to like more. I read the book first. I loved it. So much description, a lot of action, interesting characters. for LOTR fans, the movie is a disappointment. Not all the chapters are put into script, many controversies over the details however... The movie, for my opinion, did the best it could as a movie. That is why it is a movie, not a book. It's purpose is not to convey every small detail like the book does, or else it would have added even more hours to the already-long movies.

The movie's job is to show the general air of the book's atmosphere and to put into light on the screen. Trying to squeeze every small detail out of the book would have resulted in a disaster - pleasing only the fans who'v read the book, and even not some of them.

My point is - the movie is good as a movie and the book is good as a book.

Edited: Smudge on 26th Oct, 2004 - 5:16am

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I hate to say this because I live for reading, but the movies were awesome. Plain and simple. I still suggest reading the books if not done - but wholly jeez those movies are awesome.

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Usually, I'm bias towards books as opposed to movies... But I was impressed by both. The portrayal through the movies gave detail to the already intricate story line, creating a world bearing hobbits and wizards that seemed real enough to us all.

I was glad they enhanced some of the roles from the book. For example, Arwen. They really brought out her character in the movies, moreso than in the books.

I felt that the world I had created through the book trilogy matched nicely to the world thought up by the producers and directors of the films.

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I think that the movies did the book justice. I agree that the movies helped me ALOT in the visualization. However, I was kind of mad at Peter Jackson for not showing the scouring of the shire part. I thought it would be really cool to see the hobbits rise up and kill the bad guys. Otherwise, i thought that the movie did good.

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I enjoyed the books thoroughly. I love to create the places and characters in my mind. Tolkien makes it very easy to do so. The movies were very good also. I liked both in different ways. I have always been partial to books over movies because of the amount of detail placed in books, but with the LotR the movies were good also. Most of the time if I read the book first I cannot watch the movie because I get so frustrated with how much the plot has changed.

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In my opinion, the movies were great, I prefer the books because you can unleash your imagination and create the world of middle earth in your head, the characters, the scenery.

Also in the movies, the time was not true to the books. In the books, it took a year-and it felt like it took a year. Now the movies made it feel like the whole journey took a month or less.

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Edited: LDS_forever on 13th Feb, 2005 - 3:11am