A lot of people here like Tolkien. I feel the need to say this. I don't. It's just that when I read it, somehow, it's written in such a manner that it's painfully boring. I mean, I don't think I'm a challenged read or anything; in fact, I learned to read a year or two earlier than most. I just can't stand Tolkien's dull writing. He's a great storyteller, and he can come up the most incredible things, but he seems to detail the most boring things of the most exciting scenes. Even my older sister, who is an absolutely incredible readers who charges through books quicker than a speeding bull ("This books is 800 pages? Wow, this will take me five whole days to read!"), thought that his writing was boring as well. It annoys me when people say they like the movies better than the book, but in the case of LOTR, it's true for me. I've only seen/read The Hobbit, and I'm working on the first LOTR book . . . veeeeeeerrrrryyyyyy ssssloooooowwwlyyyyy. The rule in our family is "read the book before watching the movie," and that's really the only reason why I'm tackling it. *prepares for incoming hate from massive mob of LOTR fans*
I have both read and seen LotR, and I have to agree the books can get pretty boring sometimes, but they are still very good. In fact, I hope to reread them soon. But I may actually like the movies better, they are cinematic perfection.
A lot of people here like Tolkien. I feel the need to say this. I don't. It's just that when I read it, somehow, it's written in such a manner that it's painfully boring. I mean, I don't think I'm a challenged read or anything; in fact, I learned to read a year or two earlier than most. I just can't stand Tolkien's dull writing. He's a great storyteller, and he can come up the most incredible things, but he seems to detail the most boring things of the most exciting scenes. Even my older sister, who is an absolutely incredible readers who charges through books quicker than a speeding bull ("This books is 800 pages? Wow, this will take me five whole days to read!"), thought that his writing was boring as well. It annoys me when people say they like the movies better than the book, but in the case of LOTR, it's true for me. I've only seen/read The Hobbit, and I'm working on the first LOTR book . . . veeeeeeerrrrryyyyyy ssssloooooowwwlyyyyy. The rule in our family is "read the book before watching the movie," and that's really the only reason why I'm tackling it. *prepares for incoming hate from massive mob of LOTR fans*
I have both read and seen LotR, and I have to agree the books can get pretty boring sometimes, but they are still very good. In fact, I hope to reread them soon. But I may actually like the movies better, they are cinematic perfection.
I really should hope not. I was talking to someone about whether we will ever move to mars or something, and he said that in the Bible it says to consume the earth (forgot the reference) but I said that it aso says to be good stewards of the eartg and not destroy it and go and move to another planet and destroy that too. That is why I aspire to be an engineer.
Nice! What kind of church do you go to?
I kinda forgot. It isn't very traditional, there aren't loads of rules and regulations and stuff. But we really just read direct out the Bible and don't have our own special version. You?