Originally posted by lotrfreak
J. R. R. Tolkien is dead. Tolkien scholars said that he would be very disappointed if he were still alive at the outcome of this movie. have u even read the books? do u even know if it is 90% true?
I know he is dead. If you read the post above yours I said I am in the middle of the thrid book: The Return of the King. Yes, I do know it is pretty darn true (i.e. the 90% part). Every single day, I talk about, review, and critque the book and movie with Mrs. VanCaster (reading teacher @ school), she is a HUGE LOTR/Tolkien fan.

I went to The University of Marquette with the reading teacher to see the Tolkien display they have. They bought the original pieces of Tolkien from his son, Christopher... including the notes J.R.R. wrote on the back of chruch lunch menus (since paper was rare then) during the war . I got to see and touch it all, what was once in the hand of Tolkien himself (made my stomach twist with joy! ). We also got to listen to a presentation about Tolkien and his books.

it is so not like the book,
Then you must not have been reading it well. It's one of the closest out there. Of course it's not going to be PERFECT...other wise the movies would be 72 hours long each. There lines which are spoken in the movie, which are word for word in the books, same with many senes.

LOL, sorry people, I know this is not sticking to the lame topic of evloution, I just wanted to state some facts.


You aren't missing much I do recommend the book though. It's really good. You should read it, and then watch the movie, and see how badly it was butchered.. yes, pun intended
LOL, when I get done with The Return of the King, I'll think about checking that book out.