Posted by jkm822 at alb-24-195-238-32.nycap.rr.com on June 03, 2003 at 22:37:21:
In Reply to: Lord of the Rings.. posted by Gabe on June 03, 2003 at 22:10:18:
I'm a voracious reader, especially of fantasy fiction. I tried, on more than one occasion, to read the Lord of the Rings series, and I just couldn't do it. I know it's a good story, it's just that I couldn't force myself to wade through Tolkien's exhaustive descriptions about the teensiest things. I think if you distilled the actual story out of the books, it'd end up being a decent book, but as it is... well, I'm glad they're making movies about it, that's all I can say. I know that this is heresy, but it's how I feel.
I saw the first one, and it was OK. It had some neat bits in. I haven't seen 2 yet, so I'll let you know how I feel about it when I get around to seeing it.