Parents

[dunadan_aragorn]

My dad took me to see lotr fotr and ttt. He doesn't like the movies, but he sees them at least twice. He's too much of a purist, he's mad they left stuff out.

[Goldberry]

My dad doesn't like the movies at all. He doesn't like movies that are long, and he doesn't like movies that are "too violent". My stepmom absolutely hates everything to do with LotR. But that's just her personality; she doesn't have an imagination or a sense of humour or anything so she can't enjoy them. I can't say anything about LotR at home because I get strange looks from my dad and stepmom. <P>My mom likes them ok, but she still thinks there is "too much violence." All parents seem to think that, though. (At least all the ones that I know) <p>[ March 28, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

My mom generally likes LotR, but not overly much. She will soon begin to hate if I keep raving on like this, though...<BR> My dad hasn't read the books or seen the movies, except a few 1 minute pieces of FotR, and said they looked fake, but I think one of them must have been in Lorien when the Elves cover the Fellowship with arrows, cause that was a little fake. He's not interested, and I talk about LotR too much....

[Meela]

i took my mom to the cinema to see ttt not long ago. she kept on turning to me and gasping at all the gaspy bits, totally distracting me of course. i generally dislike attending the cinema with other people. plus i cant cry as well in front of other people as i can on my own.

[Shy Hobbit]

My mom says the movie has its funny bits, but is altogether too gory for her liking. Also she seems to think it a bit silly for well, I'll use Boromir's line:<P>"It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing"<P>And my dad...ugh. He says the film seems to be full of "New age junk" and he seems to think that the scene in Isengard where they're digging Lurtz out of all that nasty goo to be some sort of re-incarnation. Doesn't help that he's never seen the film all the way through. The first time we tried showing it to him, he fell asleep during the Council scene. The second time he walked in when me and my nephew were watching it and he's like "I still don't see where this girl (Galadriel) fits it". Well maybe if you stayed awake for the whole thing you'd understand lol. Oh well, I also enjoy watching by myself better. I can get into it better, and cry. It's hard to get emotional when someone is going "I would not have kissed a bloody man's forehead" or (in reference to Merry and Pippin taking the heat for Frodo and getting carried off) "Idiot little kids!" ARRGH they're not idiots and they're not little kids! Ah, I guess I get too defensive sometimes, or not! Sorry for venting, I'm done

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Yes, I get as defensive if someone insults LotR. Glad to know I'm not the only one!

[Arvedui III]

Man, if more then one person insults LOTR in my presince, something get's hurt. (Usually it's my poor Spanish binder, which had taken much of my fist-pounding/debating/converting non-LOTR nuts abuse.) <P>Anyway, My Mom is scared of the movies and thinks something more along the lines of Harry Potter would be better, "Why couldn't they've made Gollum more like Dobby?" She's reading the books, so hopfully by ROTK she'll stop comparing Sindaren Elves with House Elves. <BR>My dad likes them, violence and all, but thinks it's too long, "Which is why it won't win best picture ever." I've given up trying to convice him otherwise, he holds my internet rights, after all.

[Gorwingel]

My mom likes the films (she saw FOTR once, and TTT twice), but she has a problem that she thinks if she has seen the movies she can fit in with the serious Tolkien fan (she goes with me to the conventions, but she has never read the books) though she is very supportive.<BR>My dad does not go see films in the cinema ever. So I never have a problem with him, but he knows I am a Tolkien fan.<BR>I only really wish that my mom would make it through the books, but she says they are not "light reading"

[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

My mom read the books and enjoys the movies as much as I do. Dad's a completely different story...

[dunadan_aragorn]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>"Why couldn't they've made Gollum more like Dobby?" She's reading the books, so hopfully by ROTK she'll stop comparing Sindaren Elves with House Elves. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I hate it when people compare harry potter to lotr! I alwys get sooo defensive when people insult lotr. I just moved to a different city, far away from my lotr luvin friend. Nobody here likes lotr, just hp! I miss my fwiend! She is the only persn I can talk about lotr to, the only people who like it at my school are two boys, who are nice but, well, they're boys! (But I did introduce them to barrowdowns!)

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

ARG! Harry Potter! <BR>Well, my dad hadn't seen FotR ( ) until February, and even then at about Bree he was all "Meh, you can watch this hon, I'm going to work on the computer." On the other hand, my mom has seen FotR about five times, and she totally understands my Gollumish ways about it. She keeps saying "I want to see Two Towers with you, Becka!" and I'm like "Yeay! Go you!"<P>My friend's mom went with her to the theater to see TT and at every quiet moment, she would move around her popcorn bag or chew on some popcorn so that she would make a lot of noise. Just glad I wasn't there. I might have exploded...<P>Then, about....*gasp*...HARRY POTTER! My sis was on the phone and she said "Oh, I don't want to see Lord of the Rings! It's just the exact same thing as Harry Potter!"<P>

[Niluial]

Well my dad is crazy about LOTR, I sometimes think he is a greater fan then me (blushes and feels ashamed). My dad and I sometimes sit at the dinner table talking about LOTR that our food goes cold! Before my mom passed away The Lord Of The Rings-fellowship of the ring came out! We went to go see it together at the movies! It was so funny whenever Legolas came on she would growl or say hello honey and embarrass me because she would say it so loud that everyone in the cinema would look at us! Then about two months later the video came out! Guess who was standing outside the Video Store to buy LOTR? My mom and I! At 6 am may I add! My mom was so exited for the Two Towers to come out but she never lived to see it! So I only saw the Two Towers the other day because I couldn’t bare to site in the cinema with out my mom! <P>P.S. I didn’t think Harry Potter was bad, I thought it was cute . Ok but not as excellent as LOTR, nothing like it in fact.

[VanimaEdhel]

My mom has seen "The Two Towers" movie four times. She, like myself, compares anything and everything to a part of Lord of the Rings. Although she is not as avid about the books, when we walked out of the movie for the fourth time, she asked me, in all honesty, if I would "mind" seeing it again with her at some point. Most of her comments regard Gollum, as she seems to have fallen in love with the character, Smeagol.<P>My mom also actually seemed more disappointed than I was that Lord of the Rings didn't win more Academy Awards (well, I am completely in love with the movie "Chicago", as well, and they won six awards, so I was happy).<P>My dad is kind of neutral on the movies and on the books. He is of the mind that he has "outgrown" them (he still has yet to explain that one to me). While he sees the movie, he only sees it once, and hardly ever talks about it.<P>So, at least I have one obsessed parent...

[Peri]

I was surprised that my dad actually likes lotr. He usually hates fantasy stuff. It's cool because my whole family and my close friends all like lotr.

[Talon Stormcrow]

My mom suprisingly really liked the lotr movies! She's seen it once and the WHOLE time she asked me questions! And when was a good time to go to the bathroom. Of course there isnt really a good place to go... Ya dont wanna miss <B>any</B> of it! But when it comes to me ralating things to lotr and saying the quotes she just gives me a worried look. lol <P>My dad was impressed with the movies and it takes a lot to impress him! It was SO funny to see their reactions at the end of fotr cuz they thought it was only one movie and didnt wanna wait a whole year to see what happens! hehe

[ElephantTIG&Co]

my dad absolutely loved the movies (ttt and fotr) but he jus isnt motivated enough to read the books... my mom on the other hand --- she knows i loved LOTR and i too hav tried to get her to watch it the WHOLE WAY THROUGH but she keeps falling asleep at the council of elrond bit ahhh well one day.....lol<P>

[BethoHOG]

Well... both my dad and mom watched the movies in the theaters with us kids, including the midnight premier for The Two Towers! They both like it, and my dad has read some of the books, but not all the way through. My mom is interested in the movies, and always comments on the actors.

[Eressië Ailin]

Well... my dad read LOTR, There & Back Again, and the Sil before the movies came out, and he started reading LOTR to me when I was about 8... but when the movies came out, he seemed to forget a lot. He just wasn't interested anymore, I guess.<P>BTW, ElephantTIG&Co, where do you get those great smilies? They are so cool!

[Eressië Ailin]

I just looked at the smiles. There are tons! <P> <P> <P>They could have a smilie party!<P> <BR> <P>Here's a great one for Esty or the BW:<BR> <P><BR>Sorry! But I just love smilies!

[Elrowen Greenleaf]

My parents enjoyed it... My dad really likes both the movies and the books (he asks me stuff about the Silmarillion), and my mom enjoys the movies (hasn't read the books), but she puts up with my talking about it, and quoting it, ect.

[Meela]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> but she puts up with my talking about it, and quoting it, ect. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>when it comes to quoting, etc. you people are fortunate in your parents i dont exactly quote or talk tolk in front of my parents, but one of the main things i do is spend a LOT of time on here, which is where my parents' toleration ends. they keep on threatening to shut this place down or block me from it.

[gilraën]

Yikes, I am the parent , and my mum introduced all of her 7 kids to Tolkien at a very young age, Bless her.

[Niluial]

Dont worry I know how you feel! My dad may be a greater fan but you should see the phone bill, "you spend to much time on that F..... website" he says in those axact words!

[Diamond18]

Ah, me mum and dad liked the movies. My dad liked TTT moreso than FotR (he saw it twice with my mom and I) and watches FotR when I put it on at home. I wouldn't call him a "fan" though... he doesn't do anything "fannish" besides watching the movie.<P>My mom read The Hobbit when she was in grade school, so she's the one who prompted me to read that and LotR before the movie came out, in the first place. Then, after we watched FotR once at the theater, she finally got around to reading the book (before watching TTT).<P>She's "in love" with Sméagol, too. Whenever I play the soundtrack, she has me crank up the volume when "Gollum's Song" comes on, and if she puts it in herself, she skips ahead to that track. He's also the reason she cited for seeing TTT three times with me. No, she doesn't visit the Barrow Downs, but she's a goner for Gollum. <P>This is great, of course, because she also showers me with LotR related gifts. <P>Oh...and she's often remarked that they should have just made the movies R so they could make the violence seem "more real".

[Bill Ferny]

So can I talk about my parents? Or should I count myself as one of the parents being discussed?<P>My obsession with LotR is beyond the comprehension of both my father and my son.

[Morquesse]

First of all, Arvedui III, you can tell you dad that two lengthy movies have gotten lots of oscars: Lawrence of Arabia (7 oscars) and Ben-Hur (11 oscars). You can conferm this at <BR><A HREF="http://imdb.com" TARGET=_blank>Imdb.com</A><BR>I made my mom read <I>The hobbit</I> she thought it was okay, and saw FotR, thought that was okay, but hated the orcs. She thought those were a bit disturbing, which is understandable.<BR>My dad is an interesting case. The only fiction he reads is Tolkiens's stuff (which is good in a way)and is a bit of a purist. He was disapointed that there was no Tom Bombadil in FotR (but liked Gandalf and Bilbo), and thought that TTT strayed a bit much from the book (probably true).<BR>So thankfully my parents are pretty good about me liking LotR. <BR>See you later!<BR>~M

[Manardariel]

You people are so lucky! The only grown-ups I know that like, I mean, REALLY like are my Englishteacher, my Historyteacher and the growns ups around here!<BR> My parents are so totally LotR- ignorant, I swear to Varda, it HURTS! My mom got the books from her brother, what, 20 years ago, and when I told her I´d like to read it she goes, "Oh they should be somewhere here." And they were. AND THE PLASTIC FOIL WAS STILL AROUND THEM!! <BR>My dad took me to say FotR, and when we come out, what does he say? "But it´s so UNREALISTIC!" I mean, puleeze. No, it´s called fantasy. Maybe that´s got something to do with his job, but that man only likes cold, hard fact.<P>In short, they are very frustrating. The rest of my family sort of like the movies, and I´m "recruiting" my cousin, making him read The Hobbit and all (he´s only 8), but aoart from that? No chance. When I grow up and still am as obsessed, (which I will be, unless I get ammenisia or smth) I wil be a much leess frustrating parent!<P>PS. What is you people´s problem with Harry Potter??? I keep reading it over and over on this forum, how much it szcks etc, and I just don´t understand it! <BR>(On second thought, maybe I don´t want an answer to that question)

[Meela]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> PS. What is you people´s problem with Harry Potter??? I keep reading it over and over on this forum, how much it szcks etc, and I just don´t understand it! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>im a Harry Potter fanatic we're not all that bad!

[Goldberry]

I love Harry Potter too! <P>My stepmom and my dad get really mad if I even mention LotR, so I have to lock myself up in my room and read. That's why I'm glad when I'm at my mom's house so I can come here or do anything Tolkien related <P>BTW: Where did all those lovely smilies come from, ElephantTIG&Co and Eressië Ailin?<p>[ March 31, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[Joy]

My parents are pretty cool about it. Niether of them have read the books. My mom couldn't stand it at first, but it has grown on her. Especially now that she has heard me read part of the Letters to her. <P>My dad doesn't read. He doesn't like movies with sword fighting or long battles, but somehow he liked FotR and can't wait to see TTT. He didn't see FotR till after TTT left the theater. He is a good sport about it. I am really suprised at my parents. My is 59 and dad is almost 62, and they are really getting into it - but not as much as I have.

[Lucinda]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> My stepmom absolutely hates everything to do with LotR. But that's just her personality; she doesn't have an imagination or a sense of humour or anything so she can't enjoy them<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I have the exact same problem!!!<p>[ April 19, 2003: Message edited by: Lucinda ]

[Child of the 7th Age]

I'm both a daughter and a mom. My own mother scratches her head but indulgently sends a check for my birthday so I can buy more of the "stuff" I like.<P>I introduced both my kids to Tolkien before the movies came out. My ten-year old recently finished reading The Hobbit and has pictures of Sam and Frodo plastered over her walls. My son, who's fifteen, just finished reading Fellowship and Two Towers, and is starting on the third book.<P>My whole family would probably agree, though, that no one is as daft about this as I am.<P>Cami Goodchild

[TealDude3]

My mom and dad don't really care for it. They never even saw the movie or read the book. But my friends mom loves Lord of the Rings, book and movie. Why are all my friend's mom's cool, and mines not.

[The Only Real Estel]

My dad likes the movies, but my mom doesn't.<BR>My dad normally doesn't like 'violent' movies, but he liked the books so much he apparently doesn't care. I have a friend who's mom absolutly LOVES the movies!

[Elrond Jr]

My parents don't really care. They treat it like any other good movie. They watch it, maybe watch it agian on video and say it's good, but that's about it. But I can say anything i want about lotr they won't really care...

[Olo Gamwich]

My parents like the films. I went with my dad to see Fellowship of the Ring at 9:00 PM and, while he can fall asleep to ANY movie, no matter how action-packed, he stayed awake till midnight watching it. Both of them haven't seen The Two Towers yet, and they keep telling me they really want to see them. It's cool i guess.

[Frodo 007]

My parents loved the movies aswell...actually im surprised that they dont hate them now since i never shut up about them!!!

[Lush]

Don't listen to your elders. They're the same people who tell you not to do drugs. How can you trust their judgment after <I>that</I>?<P> <P>I've dragged my parents out to see the films, though. My father likes the cool action scenes, and my mother <I>says</I> she likes the dramatic tension and the wisdom that Tolkien poured into the stories, but we all know that she also likes Aragorn. Heh heh.

[Arwen_Evenstar]

Ok, well, my mum and dad didn't like the movie that much(they've only seen fotr) dad kept making comments during it, and though they were pretty funny they were still REALLY ANNOYING! Eg, When boromir cuts his finger on the shards of narsil and goes 'still sharp' dad comes out with, 'takes a simple experiment to figure that out...' etc, etc, I think they didnt like it that much because i built it up so much...one of my bros read the books before me...the other one constantly tells me that its for babies(anything he doesnt like is 'for two year olds'). <BR>I've gotten a wee bit predictable on the LotR front....if I'm at the computer, my mum doesnt even need to look at the screen, she just yells: 'Get of the bloomin' Barrow Downs!'<BR>My brother insists I have a section of my brain that processes all information to see if it in any way, no matter how distantly, relates to LotR, because I always say something about the books or movies at the end of every sentance...

[The Only Real Estel]

Good night! LOTR is for two-year olds? Wierd brother. I think that if my dad hadn't read the books, he wouldn't have liked the movies. Figure that one out.....

[Luinalatawen]

My dad hasn't seen TTT yet, but my mom has. She hasn't read the book, and asks questions about what things are in the movie, like the wargs, for example. She also really wants to know what happens at the end. It's kind of funny because we all know what happens, it's second nature to us. So its weird that she doesn't know. But I won't tell her. She asked if I could at least say if it ends happily, but I said I wouldn't tell her that even. There are so many sad things that happen, but of course, it ends on an overall happy note that Sauron was defeated.

[Catherine]

My mom couldn't sit through the movie, she kept getting up and doing things and didnt know what the hell was going on. My Dad He likes them, but the book is too long for him to read. They just dont understand why i like it sooo much!

[Shy Hobbit]

My Mom took me and my nephew to see The Two Towers yesterday (for the first time, I actually saw it, can you believe it?! ) We were the only ones there, it was nice. I could have done without my fellowship of two asking questions all the time, but they can make some pretty funny comments. When the Uruk are marching to Helm's Deep and they have the sheilds over them, Mom turns to me and says "They look like roaches!" Too funny. She'd barely gotten the characters of the first film established, so it was most confusing for her. She said it was an ok movie, like the first one, the only thing she really didn't like were the slightly disgusting parts, ie, Gollum with his rabbits and fish.<p>[ April 29, 2003: Message edited by: Shy Hobbit ]

[The Only Real Estel]

Yeah, Cathrine, if anyone leaves and comes back they'll be like, "What the...?" My Mom said she'd just sit down for a minute, but she thought it was so dramatic (and she liked the story line so much) that she stayed for it all (she didn't see the first ten minutes though...)!

[Rindoien, elf of Lothlorien]

My dad has seen FotR and loved it, but has yet to see TTT.

[Nerindel]

Well I'm a daughter and a mother, it was infact my mother that introduced me to the wonderful world of tolkien, her being a member of the tolkien society when I was growing up. <P>She has seen both films at least half a dozen times and like me she loved them. Off course her being slightly more of a tolkien fan than me it leads to great debates, especially when my younger brother (who thinks he knows it all) joins in.<P>Both my children are a bit young(2 and 5)to appreciate the books, but my 5yr old son has watched both films and loves then especially the fight scenes and currently runs about the house pretending to be Legolas shotting everything and everyone with his plastic bow and arrow set

[BethoHOG]

With all the talk of X-Men 2 and The Matrix 2 about in our house, my mom has been saying, "Oh, those movies are so violent! I don't like X-Men or Matrix... the only one I like is The Lord of the Rings." <P> <P>(Not that I don't like X-Men or The Matrix, I love those movies, too... )<P>EDIT: Happy 100th post to me! <p>[ May 13, 2003: Message edited by: BethoHOG ]

[Lady_Báin]

My parents went out on a date ( a rare occasion) and they went to see ttt. well they loved it and my dad dosen't usually like long epiccy sort of movies. so yeah great!!!

[Guinevere]

I can only speak as a mother (my parents don't live anymore) <BR> I have <B>not</B> read LotR in my youth, it was only 2 years ago that I became aquainted with Tolkiens works - in fact thanks to my elder son (now 17) who persuaded me to read the Hobbit and the LotR! (3 years ago he had recommended Harry Potter to me, which I found delightful)<BR>It's funny but it didn't take long before I became more of a Tolkien-Fan than he is! LotR was really a revelation for me!!<BR>And as for the movie: I went to see FotR 5 times in 6 months, while my boy thought twice was quite enough and I was wasting my money.<BR>In the mean time, my younger boy has also become a LotR Fan and it is always a discussion topic among us.

[steve]

I can actuially say that my parents loved the movies they complained about the stuff being left out and changed but they liked it (i cant say more then me) but more then most people i know<BR>even tho they started to get anoyed around the 32nd time i watches FoTR on video (i dont got dvd player Wahh )

[Frodo 007]

My parents really enjoyed LOTR!Not sure what they think about some stuff being left out though...

[Aragost]

My parents think that it is sad that I can say everything in fotr before a character says it.

[Duncariel]

My mother is possibly more obsessed with LotR than I am. *ponders* Well maybe not.

[Finwe]

I only wish that my parents were like that. Mine are seriously threatening to send me to a psychiatrist if I don't "cool down" and stop being so "weird." It really annoys me that they can't accept me for who I am and what I like rather than not liking me because I'm not the perfect Indian daughter.