Books to movies to books was Re: What should we do next?.

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:

> I first read LOTR over 50 years ago, a year or so after 
> "Return of the King" was published. For a long time I read 
> it once a year. From the books, I developed a very 
> clear view of the characters and the landscape of Middle-Earth and 
> approached the films very cautiously - especially after the 
> disastrous Bakshi animated version in 1978. I have to say that 
> I was greatly impressed by Peter Jackson's work and have felt at 
> ease with both book and film.


zanooda:

LOTR the movie made me read the book! Twice in my life I tried to read
LOTR, but couldn't get through the first pages - once when I was about
12 (it was in the same book with "The Hobbit" that I was reading
then), and once a few years later. 

Then I watched the first LOTR movie and the next day I was reading the
book past the first pages :-)! I liked the charadidn't wcters, I was
intrigued by the plot, and as a result I couldn't any longer wait for
the second film to find out what happens next - I needed to know "now"
:-). 

Besides, I had an argument with my husband about Gandalf, he was
saying Gandalf was coming back, and I was saying he wasn't - of course
I wanted to know who is right :-)! Anyway, I haven't become Tolkien's
fan (I think his language is not for foreigners :-)), but I'm glad I
finally read the book!