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The-Elf-Herself · 03-14-2002, 09:10 AM

I read the books before the movie. The first time I was exposed to Tolkien was when I was six, and my Aunt rented The Hobbit cartoon for us. I'm among the people who thought the cartoon stunk(my personal opinion, don't hurt me ). So when I first saw the trailer for the movie(although it looked interesting), I immediately thought of the cartoon and said "no way am I seeing this". However my friend kept telling me how good LOTR was and finally out of curiosity I started reading them. After the first paragraph I couldn't put the books down, and needless to say, I saw the movie.

03-14-2002, 09:10 AM	#41
The-Elf-Herself Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mithlond Posts: 74	I read the books before the movie. The first time I was exposed to Tolkien was when I was six, and my Aunt rented The Hobbit cartoon for us. I'm among the people who thought the cartoon stunk(my personal opinion, don't hurt me ). So when I first saw the trailer for the movie(although it looked interesting), I immediately thought of the cartoon and said "no way am I seeing this". However my friend kept telling me how good LOTR was and finally out of curiosity I started reading them. After the first paragraph I couldn't put the books down, and needless to say, I saw the movie. __________________ Go here http://www.geocities.com/sunlit_rain/home_page for songs translated into elvish.~Eruantale Aranìs Oronlamba~