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iāve had a late 20ās lotr awakening.
watched all of the movies last year for the first time and DAMN do they hold up. special effects still dazzle, good balance of humor, viggo mortensen looking the sexiest a human has ever looked on screen.
read the first book slowly over several months while reading other books alongside it. the songs can be a bit much but it mostly slapped. i was surprised by how much it moved me.
finally finished and sprang for the uncut version the next day. simply an excellent use of time!!!!! will never forgive them for omitting tom bombadil and goldberry tho.
Mar 20, 2025
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I agree with you entirely! Loved Tom Bombadil and Goldberry so much. We dressed as them for Halloween a few years ago and my son as Fatty Lumpkin lol
Mar 20, 2025
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that guy can really do every character they didnāt even need to make a movie I donāt think personally. ive been falling asleep to this and then waking up and starting the chapter over because I missed everything
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Iām talking - environmental themes // da man Tom Bombadil // Ralph Bakshi // vintage paperback covers that look like a prog album sleeve // Ents ?!!
I find this inexplicably charming + also really have come to enjoy the extent to which Peter Jackson adapted this āvibeā more than he adapted the books with 100% fidelity
Jan 27, 2024
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I used to be hardcore book before movie but two recent experiences changed my mind.
1. I finally read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and it is radically different from Blade Runner. Setting, tone, themesāBlade Runner ditched them all and just kept the replicants and the protagonist's name. And its still a fantastic adaptation. One piece of art begat another.
2. I decided to read Poor Things after watching the movie because the characters were so charming. The two works' presentations are different but equally endearing. Reading the book now makes me appreciate the omissions and condensation made for film, and the director's visual choices and additions. It's like I watched a creatively interpreted abridge version and now I'm reading deeper in a textbook.
I think being so staunchly book-first made me approach movie adaptations with a lot of judgement. Now it's like I'm tasting a sample of a story and can choose to dive into the full course if it's compelling enough.
Feb 23, 2024
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