Very quietly wondering...LOTR apathy?
heathernmoore
heathernmoore at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 20 15:53:59 UTC 2001
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
>
> > Mega said:
> > >I think after I see the movie (if), I might be motivated
> > >enough to go read _Fellowship_ and onward. It really depends,
but
> > >today in rehearsal a lot of people were talking about going to
see
> it
> > >in the next couple days, and I'm just like, "Oh that? Um,
yeah..."
> > >*puzzled look crosses face*.
>
> OK, I confess. I admit it. Don't tell anyone, but I am apparently
> too much of a lightweight to be interested in LoTR. I tried, and
> found it downright painful reading. (I had the same problem
> with "Dune.") My children saw the trailer and were spooked, and
they
> refuse to go see it. So I'll just wait and try it on video, hoping
> that it sparks my interest in the book series.
>
> I guess it is my loss.
>
> Cindy
Actually, Cindy, it *is* a rather wonderful movie. I never managed
to finish the books myself, but I've done the CliffsNotes-and-
websites things enough to be fairly well briefed on the story.
Unlike with the Harry Potter series, as much as I enjoyed FELLOWSHIP,
it didn't send me tearing through my bookshelves to find my trilogy
again.
BUT it's a fine piece of work. VERY Peter Jackson; if you liked the
quirkiness of HEAVENLY CREATURES or THE FRIGHTENERS, you'll
appreciate his touches here as well.
-- heather (uma)
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