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Nah books are better. Lol norf
Films are a great adaptation of the books and also stand up us some of the best I've seen. But yeah, the books are THE fantasy series. Without them, fantasy just would not be the same. Not my favourite series, but you have to admire it.
I'll have to give it a re-read soon, haven't read it for years.
 
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Films are a great adaption of the books and also stand up us some of the best I've seen. But yeah, the books are THE fantasy series. Without them, fantasy just would not be the same. Not my favourite series, but you have to admire it.
I'll have to give it a re-read soon, haven't read it for years.
^^This. As far as adaptations go, it doesn't get much better than LOTR, Jackson nailed it on many levels, and even over a decade later they've aged very well.

Was thinking the same about the books earlier in this thread, it's been about 4 years since I read them, seems like less time though.
 

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^^This. As far as adaptations go, it doesn't get much better than LOTR, Jackson nailed it on many levels, and even over a decade later they've aged very well.

Was thinking the same about the books earlier in this thread, it's been about 4 years since I read them, seems like less time though.
I've read the books numerous times(well, I was in year 2 or 3 at school the first time:eek::eek:. Not sure I understood what was going on.). But yeah, haven't read them for 6 or so years.

Can't think of many fantasy novels more suited to adaptation. Magician(if anyone's read it) would make a great couple of couple of films too. There are plenty of others, but it's no really a genre that generats enough interest most of the time.
 

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I've read the books numerous times(well, I was in year 2 or 3 at school the first time:eek::eek:. Not sure I understood what was going on.). But yeah, haven't read them for 6 or so years.
It's fun to go back, but for me what stops me doing it more often is the first half of the FOTR, it's so much more dense that mentally it makes going through the story a bit more of a chore, it's no coincidence that's where most of the cuts in the film trilogy came from.

Can't think of many fantasy novels more suited to adaptation. Magician(if anyone's read it) would make a great couple of couple of films too. There are plenty of others, but it's no really a genre that generats enough interest most of the time.
Adaptations in general can be pretty bad though, comparisons will naturally happen because of the source material, and some of the stylistic choices made miss the mark badly. I'm yet to see the final Hobbit film, but the first two (in particular #1) could have easily been done better. Harry Potter is another of recent times where the films were incredibly hit and miss from film to film, the 6th book was one of the best in the series, but the equivalent film was the worst of the 8 made.

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It's fun to go back, but for me what stops me doing it more often is the first half of the FOTR, it's so much more dense that mentally it makes going through the story a bit more of a chore, it's no coincidence that's where most of the cuts in the film trilogy came from.
Yeah, some of Tolkein's writing can be quite dense. It was written a long time ago, to be fair. The background Tolkein put into it is amazing too. The Simarlillion is hard to get through, but interesting.



Adaptations in general can be pretty bad though, comparisons will naturally happen because of the source material, and some of the stylistic choices made miss the mark badly. I'm yet to see the final Hobbit film, but the first two (in particular #1) could have easily been done better. Harry Potter is another of recent times where the films were incredibly hit and miss from film to film, the 6th book was one of the best in the series, but the equivalent film was the worst of the 8 made.[/QUOTE]
They also went through a few directors there if I remember correctly. Chris Columbus lol.
 
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