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Shame you don't like the cartoon, Caroline, I still think it's awesome in all its 70's glory. especially the sequence with the spiders in the woods...


I also enjoyed the LOTR movies more than the books. I did like the books, but seeing all "fleshed out" was awesome. Plus, it had Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortensen and Sir Ian McKellan, what's not to love!?!
Who did the voice of Bilbo in the animated version of Hobbit? Does anyone remember?


NC

I definitely understand where you're coming from with it being boring, Nathan. While I absolutely love how fleshed-out and detailed Middle Earth, there are times when Tolkien drives me a little batty with his meandering descriptions. I think it was in The Two Towers where he starts off talking about someone's ancestors in the middle of a battle? Yeah, that put some serious dampers on the action. Despite that, I still think they're great adventure stories.

On the other hand, I haven't reread it in over a decade. It was just about my favourite book when I was eight. Maybe I'd find it very flawed now, or more suitable for kids than adults, who knows. And people are right, Thorin was a jerk.




My sister says she hated it because Gandalf is so all-powerful and just comes in to save the day, so why doesn't he prevent bad things from happening?

@Kate - Is your sister an atheist by any chance? ;)


The Hobbit? sigh.

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