The Lord of the Rings book trilogy is way better than the movies

oLahav said – Tue, 13 May 2008 18:28:57 -0000 ( Edit Link )

In general, books are better than movies most often. They usually have more to them and there’s less cut out. Also, they leave you with a lot of room for the imagination, which is always fun. Movies just can’t do that.

This is especially true with the Lord of the Rings series. The first 2 films were decent, but the third one was just painful, the ending dragged on forever and ever. I also felt the movies didn’t quite fit with my impression of some of the characters… the elves were given some really dark characteristics in the movies (aside of Legolas, oddly enough), which just didn’t fit in with my picture, for one example.

One good aspect of the movies though was the humor, they’ve done that very well with the dwarf guy, he had some good lines.

What do you think?

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lechuck said – Mon, 26 May 2008 17:26:50 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Well here is the thing, at least I found this with me. When you take a classic, like Lord of the Rings, that has been around for longer than most of us have been born… and it invented all this fantasy stuff that roams around the media world now a days. Everyones take on the book, everyones mind visions Lord of the Rings differently, and the imagination of it was half the charm. The way I visioned the characters in my head, may be different than the way you saw them, or someone else saw them and the movies, while I thought were great and a hell of a ride, wasn’t my view of the book. The orcs, the characters all looked, sounded, acted differently. In no way could it compete with the vision I have in my head. That is why the book will always be better, and why books will always be better than the ripped movies. We just saw Peter Jacksons vision of his book.

I’ll always bee a avid fan of the original medium of the story. It’s very rare that I’d rather watch the movie than play the game, or read the book. It works the exact same way with other original mediums. I’d rather watch the movie then read a book based off a movie, or a game based off it.

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