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# Oh don't worry
I've read all about the films, which bits have been left out, which bits have been edited etc etc... plus my girlfriend went to see it recently and told me about it. So yes, facts gathered.
(wasted industry, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:37, archived)
# Have
you not considered that literary and film narratives work in completely different ways..?

There are many things that I haven't liked about the films, but even I wouldn't have said that the books were hacked to pieces to make them.
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:42, archived)
# Hmm, true
see below for the main reason I don't want to see the films though. Books are kind of a major part of my life; LOTR is certainly one of the most evoking books out there, and it's very "special" to me in a lot of ways. I just don't like the idea of it being converted to film when people could read the books and get a lot more enjoyment out of them.

It really irritates me when I hear a pair of janners on the bus saying "oh yeah, LOTR is great, I loved the special effects". Read a book you fucking morons!
(wasted industry, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:48, archived)
# But
surely it also encourages people to read the books?
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:49, archived)
# Not
from what I've seen. The majority of people I've seen in the cinema (when I go - which is rarely) probably think a hardback is some sort of turtle.
(wasted industry, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:49, archived)
# I think that's
really snobby.
I read every day, and all different kinds of books and I love going to the cinema and I don't think I'm alone in that.

(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:52, archived)
# I very much doubt
that you are alone in that. I freely admit that people who watch films read as well, probably more than me in some cases - but I live in Bristol, and the Showcase near St Philips Causeway is always full of really annoying townies/janners/schemies (whatever you want to call them) because it's in that sort of area. I'm only writing from my own personal experience. Sorry if I offended.
(wasted industry, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:57, archived)
# Not really,
I just think yo shuld throw caution to the wind, forget what you remember and just try to enjoy it.
Widen your scope a little bit.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:59, archived)
# Perhaps
you'd care to pop into a local bookshop, look at the shelves of LOTR books etc... and then ask the staff how well it's been selling.

Something tells me, it's not been gathering dust...
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:57, archived)
# I always
think it's best to form your own opinion about films rather than use those of others.
If the book had gone straight to the screeen it would have been a terrible, terrible film.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Thu 22 Jan 2004, 10:46, archived)