How is it to have watched the movies first?

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Well, I saw the first one before I ended up reading the book, so...

Originally Posted by Macalaure

How significant or important are the movies for you today?

I own the full special edition set. Sometimes I put on FotR in the background when I'm moping about/trying to write. It helps. Lots of Legolas Love & general admiration for Ian McKellen's peformance.

In how far has your reading been influenced by it?

I think in the beginning it was pretty ifluential, but over the years, that influence has ebbed away. The films & the book are two very distinct entities in my mind.

Did you have difficulties making your own picture of Middle-earth because of having Jackson's picture in the back of your head?

Er... no. I have a fertile imagination.

How do you like the movies now?

I like them very much. I was actually let down by the third one when it came out in the theaters, but I re-watched it when I got it on DVD, and it was a very pleasurable experience. It's fun for me to see the way Jackson & Co. did it, compare and contrast it with the book, as well as compare and contrast it to what I would have done.

It fires up my mind.