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20328505 No.20328505 [Reply] [Original]

When does it get good?
Does it even make sense to read this if I’ve seen the movies?

>> No.20328508

>>20328505
i didn't like the books either op

>> No.20328545

>Man. I don’t like books.
Just go to /tv/ already

>> No.20328610

From here
>When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

>> No.20328618

>>20328505
>When does it get good?
Have you, perhaps, tried reading the first page yet, OP?

>> No.20328642

>>20328618
yes

>> No.20328665

>When does it get good?
After the prologue
>Does it even make sense to read this if I’ve seen the movies?
Yes
The books are far better than the films

>> No.20328736

>>20328505
Have you read The Hobbit? I tried reading lotr years ago and didnt like it, but I recently read The Hobbit and quite enjoyed it. Then I gave lotr another shot and enjoyed it much more then before.

>> No.20329426

>>20328505
Let's not start this. The Tolkien dick riders go crazy over this shit. Muh prose.

BUT THE PROOOOOOOOOOOOHSE IM PROOOOOOOOOHSING

>> No.20329435

>>20329426
t. commie

BUT THE PROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLESSS IM PROOOOOOOOLING

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20330658

>>20328610

>> No.20330700

>>20328505
around Isengard (ie. the halfway point of the trilogy). That's when the hobbits all exhibits real human drama and Gandalf is back and laying down them comforting christian values.

>> No.20331003

Only The Hobbit is kino, LOTR is overrated.