[Dawntreader]

"Well, here is a lighter moment for you... Merry and Pippin find the storerooms at Isenguard... "

"I am SO looking forward to that scene. And the "under new management" schtick when the "big folks" show up later. "

Dang it! There's so much from those tapes I forgot! All I remember is how it ends. How soon until December? *sigh*

I'm actually in a debate with myself as to whether to read the books before ROTK is released or afterwards. I don't want to sit there being distracted by the changes. I'm reading The Hobbit right now, but don't know if I dare continue or not. But then I'm dying to know what happens next too. argh...

[RMDupree]

Well, personally, I think it helps to have read the books because you can fill in the blanks for yourself in the film.

PJ said that he allowed certain things to have had time to happen, but just didn't show them (ie, Tom Bombadil). In other words, it doesn't mean it didn't happen, it just means it wasn't shown in the film. ;)

I think Hair mentioned that we would be starting a discussion on The Two Towers shortly. You can always just read our notes as we post them to get more detail, but it's nothing like reading it for yourself.

[Penny1]

I would recommend reading it too....

I re-read Fellowship before I saw it the first time, and then read the whole thing a couple more times as I went back to see it again. It really made the movie that much more enriching. There are disappointments, yes, but as Ruthie said, you can "fill in" moments that you wish they had included in the movie. Also, in a lot of cases I noticed people complaining about certain things in the movie of Fellowship that they thought were changes that were in fact in the book. They had simply forgotten.

I think, too, that TTT was the one that was most changed from the book. I think RotK will probably be pretty close to the original.

Besides, the book is just so wonderful...you will love the final part of the story!