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For the first time, I will say the movie is as good as the book. The movie is slightly dramatized and the book has some nuances that the movie miss. Even with detailed description, I couldn't visualize Rivendell and Lothlorien. Movie does an awesome job. All in all, this book definitely exceeded my expectation.
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Although I read the Hobbit as a kid, this was my first time to read the Fellowship of the Ring. I wish I might have read it before it became as popular as it is now - before Middle Earth's six movies, and before Tolkien's writing spawned a genre of fantasy. I could not read it with fresh eyes, and I never will.
Even so, this was an excellent book, and I think I read it at the best possible time for me to read it. I'm old enough to appreciate it, and I think Fate also played a hand. For I'd been ...more
Even so, this was an excellent book, and I think I read it at the best possible time for me to read it. I'm old enough to appreciate it, and I think Fate also played a hand. For I'd been ...more
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