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by **Heart Of A Lion** » November 18th, 2003, 1:10 am

Hey friends, how many of you enjoy Tolkien's masterpiece "Lord Of The Rings"? My first contact with Tolkien's work was with the film, The Fellowship Of The Ring and I became a fan since the moment I watched it. I bought Tolkien's books and I'm currently reading them. Of course I also bought the DVD's of the two films.
I like all characters of this story, they're all strong, with interesting personalities!
I'm looking forward for the last film of the trilogyThe Return Of The King".

by **beowulf** » November 18th, 2003, 10:29 am

I love the Lord of the Rings trilogy myself. I've read Tolkien's books, C.S. Lewis's Narnia series, Piers Anthony, Terry Brooks, and a few others in the fantasy genre. Tolkien would still have to be my favorite.
I myself can't wait until the next movie comes out in the series. I think that the director did a great job in putting the trilogy to film.

by **beowulf** » November 18th, 2003, 10:34 am

By the way, here's a movie that everyone should get or see. It's Beowulf with Christopher Lambert. In my opinion, it's a great movie too. Along with the Highlander series and Beastmaster series, and the two Mortal Kombat movies.

by **anna** » November 18th, 2003, 1:16 pm

i love this story! for me it's just great! i became a fan of it when i watched second part - Two Towers. then i read the book - russian translation, then i read original english text, then i bought mp4 videos of both films and wait for the last film

by **Sandra** » November 18th, 2003, 4:09 pm

I love the story! I will see the last movie also on the cinema when it comes I can´t wait anymore soon! And Elliah Woods eyes... I just love them! *hehe* Sad to say I haven´t read the books, but I probably will when I´ve finished the fantasyserial I am now reading

by **Stormchaser** » November 18th, 2003, 7:45 pm

Fantastic books! I first read “The Hobbit” when I was 16, and subsequently the trilogy. They are good reading for children and adults, and I wouldn’t mind giving them another read. Tolkien not only had a gift of storytelling, he had a gift of bringing the reader into the story as if you were actually there experiencing the events. To me, one measure of a good writer is his ability to allow the reader to visualize what he is reading. Tolkien is off the charts in that department. If you’re an avid reader, these books are a must read. Even if you’re not an avid reader, or maybe even dislike reading books, I’d really recommend picking up a copy of “The Hobbit” and give it a try. Bet most of you not only read the whole thing but also go on to read the trilogy. Most will not be disappointed.

As for the movies, I’ll wait until the entire trilogy is available, then sit down for a marathon of Frodo and friends and their amazing journey. Can’t wait.

by **DefLep** » November 19th, 2003, 12:19 am

I love Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. I just love to read, especially something that's meaningful or thought provoking.

by **Heart Of A Lion** » November 19th, 2003, 12:41 am

Yes, Tolkien's books are fabulous, great reading! And like Stormchaser said, they are good reading for children and adults, and like him, I wouldn’t mind giving them another read. Actually, when my little daughter be a little older, she's 3 months now, I'll read the books to her. I'll start with Roverandom.
I'm collecting the action figures, they're very well done and look very cool.

by **taken_by_force** » November 19th, 2003, 4:18 am

"Lord of the Rings" is a great series of movies and even better series of books. I recommend if you haven't read the books, please do. The films are great but, as several people have mentioned, Tolkien is a master of storytelling. Can't wait for "The Return of the King" to come out!!

by **anna** » November 19th, 2003, 9:51 am

Originally posted by Stormchaser
Tolkien not only had a gift of storytelling, he had a gift of bringing the reader into the story as if you were actually there experiencing the events. To me, one measure of a good writer is his ability to allow the reader to visualize what he is reading. Tolkien is off the charts in that department. Frodo and friends and their amazing journey. Can’t wait.
good point. when i was reading this story i was totally "in it" and forgot about everything
by the way another writer with such great ability to "visualize" what he writes is John Fawles... always enjoy his books

by **Julchinda** » November 19th, 2003, 9:43 pm

I love LOTR!!!!!!! I first read it at the age of 6!!!! Then it was a fairy tale for me, but now I understand how serious it is (I mean fascism - Tolkien ment this by the "orks" - etc)!!!!!! And I love the film too!!!!!! It's great!!!!!!! I'm looking forward to the 3d part of the film!!!!!! And I love Orlando Bloom so much!!!!!!!!! I'm his fan=))) And Elijah isn't bad...

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by **yayas** » November 20th, 2003, 10:53 am

The Hobbit was the shizz dizzle that got me interested in the whole thing.

Let me say this about the first two movies of the trilogy, they were both well shot and very intriguing visually. My first thoughts on seeing the difference from the first to the second installation was that they went more for mass appeal on the second. I thought that the first (Fellowship of the Ring) was more of a dark artistic flick while the second was faster paced and aimed more for the general public. I know some of it has to do with the books themselves and how they play out but there was something special about the Fellowship. With that said, I actually enjoyed the Two Towers more myself for multiple viewing.

Just a quick note to those comparing Nazi's to the Orc's, etc. I honestly don't see that....what I see is your classic good versus evil scenario, maybe you know something I don't. Now those comparisons may be correct, but you could do that with anything considered to be an "evil" entity....Nazism, Communism, Democrats....the list goes on and on.

Is there truly an good vs. evil comparison in the world? I personally don't think so. Take a look at Communism...in it's truest sense it's a beautiful thing, but it's man that corrupts. While Capitalism is for those who work hard to get ahead in life but it also has it's flaws because of man. It's our greed and lust for power that ruins anything.

I guess we can all make real life comparisons to movies/books but I just don't see it in this case, at least not an intentional one by Tolkien.

Well, I'm tired and hungry....must recoop and get ready for my EXTENDED VERSION of the Two Towers to come either tomorrow or the next.

I'm outty,

yaya's

by **DefLep** » November 20th, 2003, 10:18 pm

Yayas, did you just call Democrats "evil"?

by **yayas** » November 20th, 2003, 11:32 pm

I sure did, I won't go into full disclosure on the subject, but let's just say that condoning the taking of human life is my definition of evil.

by **anna** » November 21st, 2003, 1:13 pm

ooh... about all those "hidden meanings" like "orcs = Nazis"... i guess it's not true... don't make things more difficult than they are... in the preface of some eddition Tolkien himself said that he never thought to put in the tale any allegory or hidden meaning... so it's just story... very interesting story

by **DefLep** » November 21st, 2003, 9:02 pm

Well, Yayas, obviously we don't agree on many subjects, but I respect that you know what you believe.

by **Heart Of A Lion** » November 22nd, 2003, 12:44 am

I don't see the orcs like nazis in Tolkien's work, I aggree that's the eternal war of good against evil.

by **Heart Of A Lion** » November 22nd, 2003, 7:25 pm

Well, I see a basic difference between nazis and orcs. Nazis are much more stupid than orcs.
Orcs hate other species. Nazis hate their own species. Orcs follow a very powerful being, a master of evil. Nazis follow a lunatic megalomaniac. Well, both, nazis and orcs, suck big time.

by **yayas** » November 23rd, 2003, 8:12 am

Well, I've got the extended version today....43 extra minutes

by **Sheryl** » November 23rd, 2003, 10:34 am

I have not yet seen these movies, having read the Hobbit and the trilogy a few times I've been a bit leery of seeing the movie, afraid they won't do justice to the stories. But after reading all of your posts I am definitly rethinking this.

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