Mental Imagery

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by Owain son of Urien

Has anyone who has re-read the book since watching the film, found that they now always see Mr. Jackson's imagery? I don't. I was reading it [again] recently, and I realised that even after seeing the film, on going back to the book, I reverted back to MY OWN mental pictures.

After the three years of the movie trilogy, I went back and read the books again, and I still had my own mental images I had created from my many readings in my head. A couple notable exceptions where the imagery was enhanced by the movies was the scene of the town of Bree and The Prancing Pony. Of the characters, only Sean Bean's handling of Boromir enhanced my mental image of that character. Now I don't see Sean as Boromir, but I see a more dynamic Boromir when I read of him now.