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badseed19801. What book or books were special to you in your childhood?
The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Wise Child were early favourites that had special meaning to me other than sheer entertainment.
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books?
They all dealt with worlds where magic was real, and where the bonds of friendship between people were powerful things, and where courage and determination could win the day in the end. They had characters that I cared about. These characters went through hardship, terror, and loss, and friendship and courage helped them to survive that and triumph over it.
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult?
I've reread the LOTR trilogy and The Hobbit ten or twelve times. I've re-read Wise Child several times as an adult.
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
Better. I keep coming across stuff I hadn't noticed before, and going, "WOW!"
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)?
It scares me. But I was thrilled with how LOTR turned out. I'm so grateful that it was so well casted and so well directed. Yes, there are a few quibbles I have with the movies, but all in all, those who made them did the books justice. Tolkein is almost certainly NOT turning in his grave, I think.
The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Wise Child were early favourites that had special meaning to me other than sheer entertainment.
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books?
They all dealt with worlds where magic was real, and where the bonds of friendship between people were powerful things, and where courage and determination could win the day in the end. They had characters that I cared about. These characters went through hardship, terror, and loss, and friendship and courage helped them to survive that and triumph over it.
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult?
I've reread the LOTR trilogy and The Hobbit ten or twelve times. I've re-read Wise Child several times as an adult.
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
Better. I keep coming across stuff I hadn't noticed before, and going, "WOW!"
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)?
It scares me. But I was thrilled with how LOTR turned out. I'm so grateful that it was so well casted and so well directed. Yes, there are a few quibbles I have with the movies, but all in all, those who made them did the books justice. Tolkein is almost certainly NOT turning in his grave, I think.
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Date: 2006-08-25 06:21 pm (UTC)I think that quite a lot of the visuals pretty well reflected my own imaginings. I imagined Aragorn a bit darker (black hair, grey eyes), and I imagined the male Elves a little less girly-looking, but overall it was mostly spot-on. And although I didn't imagine him that way, I have NO complaints with how Aragorn looked. Says the girl who just bought A History of Violence when it was being sold cheaply by the closing video store, and who intends to wear it out.