Certainly, as most movies do, I believe the FOTR movie sparked the inspiration that caused many, many people to read the beloved trilogy. In fact, a few friends of mine had never given LOTR a passing glance until they saw the movie! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
As for me, LOTR was a big part of my family's tradition and a part of my life since I was born. My dad and his generation had all read it and I watched The Hobbit and heard stories about LOTR since I was a kid. So, as tradition had it, when I was about 9, my dad began reading LOTR to me at night. However, I shattered the sacred family tradition by bluntly telling him the book was boring. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] I'm ashamed of that now, but I guess I just was too young to embrace LOTR back then.
Anyway, with that tradition broken, I think my dad doubted that I would ever read the trilogy. After the movie came out, I simply adored it. It inspired me to pick up the book again, and so far, I am in the beginning chapters of ROTK and enjoying it very much. =)
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