why do people dislike lord of the rings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

DaughterofVana · 08-27-2002, 10:22 PM

I guess you really have to be a "reader" to like Tolkien. You have to have an open mind and swallow your perception on what is "cool" to really enjoy him. Some people just don't have enough gumption to pick up FotR and take it to the checkout at Barnes and Noble without hiding it under a seventeen magazine, I guess. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Though it's been easier, now that the movie has come out and Tolkien has a lot more... how shall I say it... mass-appeal, now that Liv Tyler is playing Arwen and the beautiful Viggo Moresten (I know I butchered that) and Orlando Bloom is Elessar and Legolas, respectively, if you catch my drift. I know it was pretty slim pickings finding fans (at least around my area) before Tolkien started having action figures, but I guess that'll come with the territory. Just as long as it brings people back to the books, and that they know that the book came first, I guess it's okay. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Really, the only people I've heard that didn't like the movie was because of the ending. My POV, that still doesn't give them a leg to stand on: if they had read the books, the ending wouldn't have bummed them out so bad, because they'd know that it's only one book of three! Well, one/third of one, anyway.

'Vana

08-27-2002, 10:22 PM	#11
DaughterofVana Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: twirling contentedly in a flower-filled field Posts: 134	I guess you really have to be a "reader" to like Tolkien. You have to have an open mind and swallow your perception on what is "cool" to really enjoy him. Some people just don't have enough gumption to pick up FotR and take it to the checkout at Barnes and Noble without hiding it under a seventeen magazine, I guess. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Though it's been easier, now that the movie has come out and Tolkien has a lot more... how shall I say it... mass-appeal, now that Liv Tyler is playing Arwen and the beautiful Viggo Moresten (I know I butchered that) and Orlando Bloom is Elessar and Legolas, respectively, if you catch my drift. I know it was pretty slim pickings finding fans (at least around my area) before Tolkien started having action figures, but I guess that'll come with the territory. Just as long as it brings people back to the books, and that they know that the book came first, I guess it's okay. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Really, the only people I've heard that didn't like the movie was because of the ending. My POV, that still doesn't give them a leg to stand on: if they had read the books, the ending wouldn't have bummed them out so bad, because they'd know that it's only one book of three! Well, one/third of one, anyway. 'Vana __________________ "There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes." Hi! Did you miss me?