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The Lord Of The Rings!

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Tulkas

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Well After someone posted the link to the trailer a few weeks back... i have become so hyped up about the movies that i have started to read LOTR all over again... as well as my favorite tolkien novel the Silmarillion.
I for 1 think that this 3 epic movie series will be one to remember as long as they stay as close to the novels as possible and try to keep the detail and imagery that tolkien brings to life. Not a easy task.. guess we will just have to wait and see.
 
I guess I have read the LOTR at least 20 times and everything else published by JRR (that is in modern English).

He is just an awesome story teller that creates a rich and varied world that is pretty free of inconsistancy. He developed languages for each of his races, has religion running as a thread thru his books, and tells an epic story of good vs evil. Too bad his son was unable to come anywhere near his father's level of writing. I think it is just amazing JRR started the trilogy with the Hobbit as a way to amuse his grandchildren.

Will the movie be able to accomplish this? I seriously doubt it although I am very much looking forward to it anyway. Tolkein was able to stirr the imagination of the reader on a grand scale - the movie will pale by comparison (yet it still could be a great movie)

As you said, wait and see. When is the movie due?

EDIT: I liked the Frank Herbert "Dune" series - not quite on the level of Master Storyteller Tolkein - but quite good. The movie just destroyed the book. I hope the LOTR fares better (it DESERVES better).
 
I must have read the Lord of the Ring Trilogy 5 times and I'm think about reading it again. I once read the whole thing in 3 days. I tired the simarillion once, but after the first the pages my brain hurt and I returned it.
 
When I realized there was just limited Tolkien (after the Silmarillion - which is heavier reading, unfinished and a prequil to LOTR), I started reading all the Fantasy I could get my hands on. The Thomas Covenant series is very good, Dune series (along with other SciFi/fantasy) and even some Edgar Rice Burroughs. Plus, many Tolkien derivatives (The Last Unicorn by I. Forgot Who). Stephan King's fantasy series (which I didn't like because the richness of the fantasy world isn't there plus too many inconsistancies).

I still haven't found anything to compare with the depth of JRR's storytelling. Has anyone else?

 
apoppin the first movie The Fellowship of the ring is due out December 2001 and the other 2 (The Two Towers, The Return Of The King) follow each year after.
Itk007 the Silmarillion isnt easy reading because of the multiple names for characters and becuase it jumps all over the place with different stories envolving different people. But if yu can get past the first few chapters yu will soon realize it offers great background info on all of tolkiens great characters and awesome short stories that eventually all come together.

For those who havent seen the trailer here is the link
http://www.lordoftherings.net
 
Thanks, Tulkas.

Yep, the Silmarillion is a great work - but it is a bit rough because it is unfinished. However, it provides great short stories and insight into the world of LOTR (as do the appendixes to LOTR).

"Unfinished Tales" by JRR is a bit rougher still but provides insight and more stories that are just hinted at in LOTR.
 
I've read 'The Hobbit' and the LOTR trilogy about 4 times each (the Silmarillian only once, to heavy for me). To bad they did make 'The Hobbit' into a real movie. It would have set up some ground wrok for the Lord of The Rings Trilogy. They only made a cartoon version of 'The Hobbit', which was rather good.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
I liked the Silmarillion less than other titles in Tolkien's opus. I thought the Ralph Bakshi LOTR movie was excellent and captured well the atmosphere of the book. Ditto for the SNES game (great music on that one).

Anne McAffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series is also nice storytelling.

One Step Ahead (Long John Baldry)
 
I used to be a big fantasy nut (just fantasy, no sci-fi, 'cept for one or two books) and since I started univ two years ago, I never really touched any fiction books... this summer i started on Herbert's Dune, and WOW am I impressed.... first time in a long while i'd rather read a book... than... mess with the computer!
 
I have been at a bit of the filming of LOTR and think it will be a pretty cool movie. Its weird though, because when you read a book you have images in your mind of what things look like,when you see a movie after that it often doesnt live up to the hype.
 
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