Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit

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Sorry, but I can't keep awake, it's so boring.
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Well each to their own ;). Are you referring to the books or the films Nigel? What about them do you find boring? Am not trying to pick apart your sentence - obviously not everyone likes the same thing - but I'd be interested to know what about LOTR bored you :)
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To be fair, I've not read the books. I have attempted the films, but have yet to keep awake. They are far too long for my attention span, and I can't be doing with all those fighting sequences - thousands of soldiers on horseback.

I certainly wouldn't rubbish the books, just not my cup of meat.
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A bit Off-Topic here Nigel, but you seemed to have changed to Moonraker!
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I am with you here, Nige. I attempted the books, but they were as dry as dust to read. I liked the films and even went to see them at the cinema when they came out, but I have never felt the urge to revisit them. Once was enough.

A friend of mine bought me The Hobbit and read it to me while on holiday, but I kept falling asleep. I don't think she was best pleased. :lol:
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Ming wrote:A bit Off-Topic here Nigel, but you seemed to have changed to Moonraker!
I think Tony has been doing a bit of capitalising. :D
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Matthew Roberts wrote:
Ming wrote:A bit Off-Topic here Nigel, but you seemed to have changed to Moonraker!
I think Tony has been doing a bit of capitalising. :D
We thought it was about time that I became a Proper Noun!
A friend of mine bought me The Hobbit and read it to me while on holiday, but I kept falling asleep. I don't think she was best pleased.
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Heh I really don't see how the prose could be described as dry .. I think it's wonderful. The descriptions and the imagination that have gone into them strike me as being completely unparalleled .. I feel as though I am with the hobbits every step of their journey...
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Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
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As the saying goes, One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison!
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I suppose poison is in my case - I REALLY found Lord of the Rings boring.... sorry to all fans.
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Me too - if you think the films were hard work, forget the books! :evil:
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Well don't write them off forever .. try em again in a few years and see what you think :).
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.




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Everyone is different but I simply cant imagine life without LOTR. I discovered them in my teens and re-read them every 18 months or 2 years. I also loved the movies which surprised me as I am not normally a fan of movie adaptations of books. However Peter Jackson did a superb job.

Tolkiens writing boring? His style may be a bit ponderous in passages but in general the sheer scope and breadth of the picture he paints simply sweeps the reader along. I never fail to be awed by the LOTR and to feel a twinge of sadness when I come to the end of it.
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