Tolkien to the big screen

[KatelynMia90]

One of my favorite writes is J. R. R. Tolkien. I have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit several times. And each time is more magical than before. How you feel the movie adaption really was, in comparison to the book?

[Mely918]

Honestly, the Lord of the Ring movies are one of the few movies that I liked better than the book. While I did enjoy reading the books, I was not a big fan of Tolkein's writing style. The movies helped teleport me into the world of middle-Earth better than the books did.

[gkgurley]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is my all-time favorite book series. I read them as a kid as the movies were coming out, so I grew up on the movies as well. I thought Peter Jackson did an excellent job with LOTR (The Hobbit trilogy, though, was money-making garbage.) LOTR films were well cast, and I loved that he used Alan Lee, the artist who has been illustrating Tolkien works for decades, to help with the visuals. Andy Serkis's portrayal of Gollum was perfect.

[LJmayol27]

Honestly, in line with Harry Potter, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are unforgettable. While watching the movies, I feel that I teleported to another world. Also, dying to be part of the movie and help the characters. This affect my entire life.

[Ksharmilla]

I can watch these movies also the time. I just love the entire Lord of the Rings movies.
The Hobbit just as much also. Except the third movie. I hate watching Fili, Kili and Thorin die.

[KatSims92]

I adore both so much. I was only 9 when Fellowship came out, so I read the books later on after declaring the films my favorites of all time. I'd say they're both my favorite films and books. Tolkien was a genius.

[Julie Green]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is my all-time favorite book series. I read them as a kid as the movies were coming out, so I grew up on the movies as well. I thought Peter Jackson did an excellent job with LOTR (The Hobbit trilogy, though, was money-making garbage.) LOTR films were well cast, and I loved that he used Alan Lee, the artist who has been illustrating Tolkien works for decades, to help with the visuals. Andy Serkis's portrayal of Gollum was perfect.

Same here!

[CJHeigelmann]

All the movies in the series were outstanding, and an example of the few times the movies were as good or better than the books. Phenominal.

[DATo]

The two ingredients which I feel make up a good novel are: one, the story itself; and two, the style in which it is written. Tolkien's creation of Middle Earth and the Ring series was a masterful creation, but for me his writing style left much to be desired. Tolkien was a professor and in my opinion his writing style was somewhat reminiscent of that - flat like a college lecture.

Peter Jackson's vision of the entire project was, once again, in my opinion only, an improvement on Tolkien's thesis. I enjoyed the movies far more than I enjoyed the books. First of all the casting of the characters was perfect ... and the settings !!! .... could there ever be a better representation of The Shire for instance?

Many have taken Jackson to task for eliminating Tom Bombadil from Fellowship, but I feel that this would have been an unnecessary waste of time given the expense of each minute of screen time. Also, people complained that the ending did not include the Battle Of The Shire. Give me a break! After the Battle Of Minas Tirith another fight would have been grossly anti-climactic.

I was not as enchanted by the Hobbit movies. They were good, but not on the same level as the Ring Series.

[amsula_2018]

I think Peter Jackson made an excellent job in the movie version of lotr. I loved the movie more than the books because the way it was shown is so breath taking especially the landscapes shown in the movie.

[David Milaham]

I would say that I think I love both. It's hard for me to decide what's best with things like this sometimes, and I guess I just don't mind, as long as it's good.