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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Very true. But not all answers have been qualified that way.
Well taken. 
I'll admit it -- I'm an extreme Tolkien geek and have been since junior high. I've read Lord of the Rings at least once every couple of years, well over 20 times now. Regularly re-read The Silmarillion and The Hobbit, too. I have multiple copies of The Lord of the Rings, including this one:
I've taught classes and led discussion groups on LotR. This full-sized movie poster is framed and hanging in my office:
I have the director's cuts of all the movies. While there were places where I had to deal with the movies departing from the books, I thought P Jackson did an awesome job of adapting the books.
So yeah, I liked them.  |
Ditto.
Now, my question is, how many of your students took the short cut and just watched the movies instead of reading ?
Missing the Tom Bombadill part is usually key, HA!
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