The Tolkien Coming of Age Club - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 10-08-2002, 08:14 AM

ET?? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] dignity and calm decorum?? [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Well, both are pretty close to fairy tales indeed!

Yes, movies are a kind of international language, and big productions = Hollywood and similar - are popular all over the world. I have seen the movie in both English and German (three times each!). The disadvantage in German is that it is dubbed - I much prefer to hear the original voices, especially when the accents are as interesting as in LotR. Fortunately, there are some movie theaters in big cities that showed it in English - I can't afford to travel to the States every year to see it there! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I am looking forward to the DVD, since I can choose either language there.

Looking back, I realize that it is strange that I never thought of reading the Hobbit or LotR to my children; since I loved it in English, I didn't read it in German, so they didn't get acquainted with the story until they saw the movie with me - in English, while we were visiting in the States last Christmas! *shakes head at the strange paths life takes*

10-08-2002, 08:14 AM	#11
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	ET?? [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] dignity and calm decorum?? [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Well, both are pretty close to fairy tales indeed! Yes, movies are a kind of international language, and big productions = Hollywood and similar - are popular all over the world. I have seen the movie in both English and German (three times each!). The disadvantage in German is that it is dubbed - I much prefer to hear the original voices, especially when the accents are as interesting as in LotR. Fortunately, there are some movie theaters in big cities that showed it in English - I can't afford to travel to the States every year to see it there! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I am looking forward to the DVD, since I can choose either language there. Looking back, I realize that it is strange that I never thought of reading the Hobbit or LotR to my children; since I loved it in English, I didn't read it in German, so they didn't get acquainted with the story until they saw the movie with me - in English, while we were visiting in the States last Christmas! shakes head at the strange paths life takes __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'