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Author Topic: The Land of Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit.
Merlin_Ambrosius69 
Registered: Aug '08
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Date Posted: 10/14/08 5:06pm Subject: RE: The Land of Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit.
Tooqui_The_Jedi posted:
Has anyone but me read the Simarillion?

It was a hard one to stick with, but its got the history of Man, Elves, and Dwarves encased within


I love the Sil. I've read it twice through in its entirety, and individual stories (such as Beren and Luthien) I've read multiple times. The language is so beautiful, the imagery so evocative, the world so enthralling. I tend to think anyone who finds it boring simply hasn't been able to get through the first 100 pages or so, which is admittedly a bit dry and removed from the doings of identifiable characters.

 

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EUReader 
Registered: Feb '04
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Date Posted: 10/29/08 5:56pm Subject: RE: The Land of Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit.
I haven't read any Tolkien in about 5 years and have read The Fellowship of the Ring and now am 1/4 through The Two Towers. The books are so different from the movies when going back to them. I've seen the films many times since there release but this is only my third time reading The Lord of the Rings.

 

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snowspeeder_gunner 
Registered: Apr '07
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Date Posted: 12/11/08 7:50pm Subject: The Land of Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit.
Yeade posted:
I can't help thinking that Celeborn and Galadriel need those troops to fend off attacks from Dol Guldur. Unfortunately, the only mentions of both these elements in LOTR proper, during the council of Elrond, was cut from the movies, so suddenly introducing them would only cause confusion for viewers who haven't obsessively read the books.


That's exactly how I feel about it, too. I mean, I understand why they couldn't put all of that in the movie, but it sort of takes away from the whole "the world is ending" feeling of the books.

 

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