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Post by Ruby Trinity on Dec 2, 2003 1:47:20 GMT -5
So who here is obessed with the books? I finished the first one about an hour before I was to watch the first movie. I did the same with the second. And I'll get around to reading the third before I see the movie. I mean they are ok and everything but I don't see why they are classics (and this is a lover of Fantasy books talking!). Maybe it's just the lack of female characters that gets me... even the horses are male!!!!!! The only reason I read the books is so I'll understand the movie.
Whoever thinks I'm unjustly dissing LOTR speak up! I want to know what it is that attracts people so about it... and why it seems to pass right by me...
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Post by JayVitolo on Dec 2, 2003 9:47:15 GMT -5
i feel the same...i see them as good pieces of literature, but they aren't my "cup of tea" persay.
However, i think the thing that has pulled so many into the world of LOTR is J.R.R. Tolkien's ability to create a world with tis own unique cultures.
I've also heard rumors that LOTR is a story of our world...but, for the life of me, i cant make the connections...
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Post by pretender_gurl on Dec 2, 2003 22:20:34 GMT -5
I have to confess that I went to the midnight showing of The Two Towers when it came out, and I already have tickets for the Return of the King, although not on opening night since I will be flying home for Christmas break during the premiere. I did read the books when I was in grade school, but I don't remember much more than the basic plot. What I find so captivating about LOTR is the sincerity in character, loyalty to friends and country, and faith that there is a bigger cause worth fighting, and dying for. LOTR is more than the struggle between good and evil -- it is a struggle for internal and external freedom. The language of LOTR books is almost like Old English , which may account for the "classic" standing of the book. I find it amazing just how deep Tolkein went when creating this other world. I mean the man made up his own fully functional languages. Tolkein made up his own alternate universe and spent the majority of his life there. He returned only to relate his fantasies through his books. That is what I call imagination! Emily
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