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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