The Lord of the Rings
Every half a dozen years or so since the age of eight, I've picked up 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and attempted to read this much-loved classic of fantasy literature only to get to the bit with Tom fucking Bombadil, whereupon I promptly give up out of sheer boredom.

Thank God for Peter Jackson, that's what I say.
(Billy The Fish wants to gargle with Lucy Pinder's bath water, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:06, 14 replies)

Is that the guy who speaks in poetry?
Everyone I know who has read the books say skim over those bits.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:09, closed)

I agree
and I've read it a lot

if you struggle with that bit though, don't bother reading the rest. It gets fucking tedious later on.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:20, closed)

I have the trilogy on my bookshelf
one day i'll get around to reading them
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:38, closed)

Yep
It's all 'Hey Dum Derry Doll' and similar nonsense. Puts me right off...
(Billy The Fish wants to gargle with Lucy Pinder's bath water, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:33, closed)

Really?
i'm actually quite intrigued now
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:39, closed)

I've got the unabridged audio books
Read by Rob Inglis. They make a long car journey go very quickly, and all those poetry bits are read or sung with Rob's mellifluous voice.

Thoroughly recommend them.

www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-Complete-Unabridged-AUDIOBOOK/dp/0007141327/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277916190&sr=8-1
(Spaff_Quaffer Wise fwom your gwave., Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:44, closed)

my mum has those
no idea how many fucking times she's worked through them doing housework and shit
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 20:50, closed)

My main problem with this children book...
...(and I'm sure there are nerds who can say why this isn't possible):
Hobbit takes three books to travel to a volcano to drop off a ring, gets a lift back on an eagle.
Really?!
( Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:46, closed)

I prefer
The Hobbit.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 18:33, closed)

^This^

(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 9:46, closed)

Oh thank god
I thought I was the only one. I grew up with The Hobbit though, and still love it to bits.
(TheWonderfulWombat It came to me in a dream., Wed 30 Jun 2010, 18:45, closed)

Oh christ yes.
Tom Bombadil nearly put me off the last time I tried to read them all, yet I persevered.

For a while.

What did for me in the end was all the fucking singing! It's like the bloody Sound of Music in those books. It seems like five pages can't go past without some merrye-muckle-they-make sing-a-long-a-hobbit musical number starts up. And the Elves, oh CHRIST the Elves...

Suffice to say, you have my click.
( Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:14, closed)

Peter Jackson?
The guy that makes overly long long films?

he was much better with no money Bad taste and Brain dead FTW

I dont need a 8 hour film about walking
( Terry Oblong There's nobody here but us chickens on, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 1:38, closed)

Agree completely.
Though it's like comparing chalk & cheese.
( Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 10:52, closed)