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Beowulf 
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 Topic: About Tolkien’s booksPosted: 09-Jan-2006 at 09:59 |
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What is your favourite Tolkien's book? I read: Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, The Hobbit, Unfinished Tales, Tree and Leaf. I know that there are many more books, but unfotunately they are not yet translated into Serbian |
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Socrates
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Posted: 09-Jan-2006 at 10:28 |
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My favourite is Silmarillion. And I have the same problem concerning those translations...
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Emperor Barbarossa
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Posted: 09-Jan-2006 at 12:02 |
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I like the Silmarillion the best as well.
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Lmprs
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Posted: 10-Jan-2006 at 05:26 |
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I have read Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, The Hobbit.
I never liked Silmarillion, the story was so abstract. By the way, what do you think about the movie? |
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cg rommel
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Posted: 10-Jan-2006 at 05:32 |
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i didnt read tree and leaf, i didnt know it was translated...... anyway my favorite out of those is the silmarillion.... |
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Paul
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Posted: 10-Jan-2006 at 08:29 |
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Disliked the movie, I felt the movie makers kept the subject matter on a pedastal wrapped in cotton wool. Didn't think much of the book. Fellowship was quite good. Two Towers they spent half their time riding around a barren landscape, the author was definately running out of ideas. And return, Sauron, what a let down, build a baddie up for 6 books and he goes out without even a wimper let alone fight. Silmarrilion I enjoyed though. |
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Beowulf
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Posted: 10-Jan-2006 at 12:24 |
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I think that book is better then movie. Piter Jackson left out many parts from the book... Some parts of the story shouldn't have been left out (Tom Bombadil ...). And I think that some actors could have done a better job. And I understand that some changes were necessary in order for story to fit in 3 hours time... It is my oppinion that the first part (FOTR) was the best of all three. |
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Beowulf
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Posted: 10-Jan-2006 at 12:31 |
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I forgot to tell which is my favourite book - it's Lord of the Rings. Tree and leaf (Drvo i list) is a rather small book, and it's more like a philosophical book - it contains some of Tolkien's thoughts about fantasy and fairy-tale. You can buy it in bookstores in Belgrade (around 200 din). |
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cg rommel
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Posted: 10-Jan-2006 at 18:37 |
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i agree about the movies..... i liked the battle of minas tirith in rotk, but frodo was boring.... and i agre about two towers... |
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Lmprs
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Posted: 10-Jan-2006 at 21:53 |
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Well, the movie was technically good enough.
But the script and acting should have been better. |
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kotumeyil
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Posted: 11-Jan-2006 at 06:18 |
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I read LOTR, Silmarillion, Hobbit and Akallabeth & Of the Rings of Power. I have great respect for Tolkien's imagination and ability; however, I don't like the black&white distinction in stories like goods vs. bads.
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Beowulf
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Posted: 12-Jan-2006 at 07:26 |
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Do you think that it would be good to make a movie based on some other books by Tolkien and which one(s)? I would like to see a movie based on Hobbit or some storys from Silmarillion.
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Justinian
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 00:37 |
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What would have been great is if the Hobbit would have been made into a movie then the lord of the rings trilogy follow. Of the Tolkien books I have read I like the simarillion the best, I understand the lord of the rings a lot better after having read it. The only downside to it is having to remember all of those names.
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Illuminati
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 00:47 |
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The Lord of teh Rings books rocked!
the only thing I didn;t like was that he was very non-descriptive when it came to the battle scenes. The Battle of Helms deep was described in only a few pages, and there were no gory battle details  |
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BMC21113
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 01:11 |
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The Hobbit was my favorite piece of literature written by Tolkien.
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Paul
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 04:56 |
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Peter Jackson's, The Hobbit. |
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Beowulf
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 08:24 |
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Thank you Paul.
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Socrates
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 08:54 |
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I agree with Justinian - the Hobbit should have been the first to film...I'd like to see the Silmarillion on big screen...
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cg rommel
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 12:20 |
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The silmarillion would take at least 6 movies to film everything......
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Posted: 15-Jan-2006 at 11:15 |
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I thought they were slightly overrated myself, enjoyable (providing you
skip the first 50 pages of the first book), but not really my thing. I
read it as an adult though, so theres that, i enjoyed the Hobbit when i
read it as a kid.
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