[Frodo Baggins]

Ruined the book? Perhaps. I must say that I am one of the Die hards that the movie has brought in. Even though my dad had been trying to get me to read LOTR for years before the movie (and he holds all credit for introducing me) I did not begin to read until one week before FoTR came out.

Admittedly, I get quite annoyed with people who say that the book is "too long" or "That did not happen in the movie so the book is wrong" (I really want to slap them when I get that). Heck, I cannot bring up LoTR at school without hearing how someone wants to date Legolas! *groan* What really got me mad before Rotk came out was how people would tell me they did not want to read the book until the movie came out for fear of "Spoiling it" Trust me, I read the books twice even before TTT came out and nothing was spoiled.

In that sense, yes the book has been ruined. But maybe when the moviegoers and fangirls go away and the smoke clears, we can sit down, old and new die hards, and do just as we have always done.