Bikini Bottom Twitter

3590 readers

195 users here now

Are ya ready kids?!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

236

let 'er rip (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

354 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Love the movies, can't get through 2 chapters of the books. I've easily read 1,000+ books, and I'm very forgiving, i.e., not picky. But I just can't get into Tolkien.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Loved the books (read 'em mutiple times) but didn't care for the movies. Not even the look of them (the film was over exposed with an ugly color palet).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I hear ya. I found the first half of Fellowship to be excruciating to read. Especially the Tom Bombadil stuff. I gritted my teeth and struggled through it. Then when they get to the barrow downs it really picks up, and I enjoyed the second half of the book.

I found Two Towers a really fun read.

I found Return of the King to be okay. Pace was decent but Tolkien's over the top, grandious writing style in that book got kind of annoying.

Not sure if this helps you, but I thought I'd share my thoughts just in case.