Can’t wait for the Hobbit movie. Meanwhile, since we’ve both been sick and wiped out, we have been having a Lord of the Rings marathon here + chicken soup. Those movies have aged well; they are every bit as well-done as I thought, first time around, and quite moving.
no doubt about it. The LOTR trilogy is a film masterpiece. Yes, it is “different” from the books in some respects (though in most ways, it is like them...).
But they are films...not books.
They are timeless masterpieces. (As are the books...).
The Hobbit is going to be AMAZING!!!
After a break of several years, I’m re-reading LOTR .... this is about the 10th or 12th time for me in 49 years of life.
As far as content, character development, dialogue, physical descriptions of landscapes and situations, portrayals of the richness of Middle Earth ....
... the movies don’t hold a candle to the books.