How is it to have watched the movies first? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 08-02-2006, 03:00 PM

I suppose its inevitable. With me its the BBC Radio series that overshadows my readings of the book (even though I'd read it once before hearing the series). I always hear the actors voices & the series music in my head. It certainly helped with my pronunciation.

One effect the movies have had is that I have difficullty reading the De-luxe edition of LotR with the Alan Lee illustrations, because they bring the movies too strongly to my mind & conflict with my own images.

Certainly I think its difficult not to recall some scenes from the movies when reading the books. I tend now to read copies of the original paperbacks which Lalwende bought for me a while back (I'd lost the ones I bought when I was 16). Reading them transports me back all those years & helps me keep the movies at a sufficient distance.

So, for me, the movies are not much of an influence, but I can't (& don't want to) separate the radio series from my reading of the book.

08-02-2006, 03:00 PM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	I suppose its inevitable. With me its the BBC Radio series that overshadows my readings of the book (even though I'd read it once before hearing the series). I always hear the actors voices & the series music in my head. It certainly helped with my pronunciation. One effect the movies have had is that I have difficullty reading the De-luxe edition of LotR with the Alan Lee illustrations, because they bring the movies too strongly to my mind & conflict with my own images. Certainly I think its difficult not to recall some scenes from the movies when reading the books. I tend now to read copies of the original paperbacks which Lalwende bought for me a while back (I'd lost the ones I bought when I was 16). Reading them transports me back all those years & helps me keep the movies at a sufficient distance. So, for me, the movies are not much of an influence, but I can't (& don't want to) separate the radio series from my reading of the book. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."