I don't know about anyone else, but I found JRR Tolkien's book really dull and reading it was a real chore. Big props to Peter Jackson for turning it into a highly watchable trilogy.
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Anonymous2005-09-01 14:13 (sage)
BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN.
BTW, The Two Towers was my favorite book in the trilogy, but least favorite of the films.
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Anonymous2007-07-15 2:20 ID:OHp7+sGk
the only reason tolkien started writing the book of lost tales is because he wanted to read the kind of shit that he liked, he wasnt a skilled writer so he just wrote it the way he wanted to read it. He didnt give a fuck if the other readers could understand it.
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Anonymous2007-07-15 5:46 ID:z0RGb5cm
When you go on for two to three pages describing hills and grass, you need to condense your fucking writing.
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Anonymous2007-07-15 7:05 ID:WFZm3Qrp
-FuhrerSoulcollector-
Or learn to wrtie maybe?
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Anonymous2007-10-15 21:45
OP just wants to be different.
>>44
Tolkien was a very skilled writer, which was he was able to put his shit down in words.
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Anonymous2007-10-16 1:28
I believe Tolkien was indeed surpassed in the fantasy genre by the skillful storytelling and superb character development of J.K. Rowling.
Tolkien certainly was boring at times, but you don't read him for thrills, you read him for immersion. Meanwhile, LotR movies can't surpass anything in anything, except in budget and elf-women. Well, the movies were a great illustration, if anything, but on their own they were pretty awful.
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Anonymous2008-06-18 20:35
>>9
My experience was precisely the same. Loved the Hobbit... got the council in LoTR and got bored and stopped reading it.
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Anonymous2008-06-23 1:08
>>48
Ever tried trolling Tolkien fanboys with that?
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Anonymous2008-10-31 20:34
The thing I liked best about LotR was what some people like the least. I love it because its such an epic story-yeah its slow, but it was one of those stories that by the end of it I had one of those "holy shit" moments. I also loved the movies; Peter Jackson did an incredible job translating such an involved story onto the screen.
I think its just a personal opinion thing. I've read LotR twice now, and after the second time, I read the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and Forgotten Tales-the whole world and its mythos interests me to no end. If you're not into that, though, its gonna suck.
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Anonymous2008-11-17 19:43
The first book is useless except for a few bits and eh, explaining the backstory or w/e.
The second book is awesome.
The first half of the third book is awesome.
There you go.
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Anonymous2008-11-27 10:18
Both the books and the films were good but would have been much better if JRRT had thought of the following things:
-do away with the hobbits, they are pretty much useless.
-remove the entire plot about having to destroy the ring and have bilbo give it back to golum.
-make golum a bad-ass ninja, not some whiney bitch, he would be able to turn invisible with the ring after-all.
-have the main plot focus solely on legolas and the dwarfy bloke, gandalf and the king dude.
-make them meet with golum and have golum who helps them to kick everyones asses in the battles.
-make legolas not just an elf but a PIRATE elf.
-Make king dude a samuri.
How much more awesome would the books have been then?
A dwarf, a pirate-elf, a samuri king, a wizard and a ninja with invibility powers, saving middle earth... I bet if he were alive today JRRT would be kicking himself for not comming up with that.
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Anonymous2008-11-27 23:26
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How do you plan to have Gollum without Hobbits?
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Anonymous2008-11-28 9:27
I don't meen delete hobbits from history, just don't have them in the fellowship apart from golum who is not really a hobbit anymore.
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Anonymous2008-11-28 11:13
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People like you are the reason schools keep dumbing down their curriculum.
Oddly enough The Hobbit is the opposite. Every chapter is a ten page adventure.
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Anonymous2009-05-24 18:08
You're crazy if you think the films were better than the books. Those movies were TERRIBLE. Seriously, just awful, hilariously lame, CGI-laden bullshit.
Of course as an adult you're not going to want to read TLOTR trilogy, but it was great towards the end of gradeschool/beginning of high school. Appreciate it for what it is, and NEVER compare it to the movies, for God's sake.
I love the books and the back story behind them really is incredible. It definitely makes both the Hobbit Lord of the Rings more enjoyable.
That said, I can very easily see why people would find them very dull. It just depends on the person.
I thought the movies were excellent as well. Although admittedly, I started reading the books after seeing the Fellowship in theatres. If this doesn't make me a true fan of the books, then whatever. I really don't care.
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Anonymous2009-06-29 3:45
>>73 I thought the movies were excellent as well. Although admittedly, I started reading the books after seeing the Fellowship in theatres. If this doesn't make me a true fan of the books, then whatever. I really don't care.
Indeed. A fool's distinction.
That said, I can very easily see why people would find them very dull. It just depends on the person.
Dull? Anyone who finds the books dull is confusing the condition of their wit with the work. The Lord of the Rings is of sufficient quality to transcend "personal taste".