I am one of those shallow criminals who never cared for the books and fell in love with the first movie
I've always liked the books, but I've never really loved them. Parts of them, yes, but it's always been a pick-and-choose experience for me. Mostly I'm grateful for them, since their existence has lead to the writing of so many books that I do love. The movies, however, I love. Unreservedly. It's refreshing to see the archetypes from the books actually become characters, with depth and emotions and internal lives. Suddenly, Aragorn isn't a flat heroic cliche, Faramir isn't lily-white and miraculously unmarked by his uncomfortable homelife (I loved him at age 12, but he became less interesting with each passing year), Boromir gets to come into his tragic own once he's freed from the fact that his creator really doesn't like him all that much... So, yeah, honestly? I prefer the movies. The books are a bit too "this is the official history, and nothing must offend".
Love the theory-speak, btw. I'm not much of a theorist (and luckily I don't have to be), but there have been times when I've looked back over papers and articles I've written, and had no idea what the heck I've said, or if it were even in English.
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I've always liked the books, but I've never really loved them. Parts of them, yes, but it's always been a pick-and-choose experience for me. Mostly I'm grateful for them, since their existence has lead to the writing of so many books that I do love. The movies, however, I love. Unreservedly. It's refreshing to see the archetypes from the books actually become characters, with depth and emotions and internal lives. Suddenly, Aragorn isn't a flat heroic cliche, Faramir isn't lily-white and miraculously unmarked by his uncomfortable homelife (I loved him at age 12, but he became less interesting with each passing year), Boromir gets to come into his tragic own once he's freed from the fact that his creator really doesn't like him all that much... So, yeah, honestly? I prefer the movies. The books are a bit too "this is the official history, and nothing must offend".
Love the theory-speak, btw. I'm not much of a theorist (and luckily I don't have to be), but there have been times when I've looked back over papers and articles I've written, and had no idea what the heck I've said, or if it were even in English.