I knew about the books before the movies came out . But found them a bit boring . Then the movies helped put a face to the charecters . Though having
reread the textx several times since I find them mopre and more enjoyable.
I see some archtypeal charecters Sam the loyal friend and comrade , Frodo the
champion who comes inspite of himself, Gandalf the moral back bone of the group, Aragon teh king in waiting and he doesn't really want the job.
Sauron evil incarnate, Sauraman man corrupted by evil, Grima politician
Gollum victim of the power of the ring Afraid I can't type the ring except maybe as evil.
Did the movies change my view of the books ? No . The books are what they are and the movies what they are. To remain true to the books the movies would each have run 8 hours so you couldn't do that . So PJ crafted a rather good story board keeping the essence of the book while keeping the action flowing. And te ending of ROTK is pure magic. And I'll never look at the how it was done making men who are BIG into hobbits & drawves. I'll let the magic that both Tolkien and Jackson bropught to the story live on.
