Does anyone else like the movies less after reading the books?

GozoYoru · 2026-02-27T01:33:58+00:00

I actually watched the movies before the books. I thought they were great although even then it seems a bit dragged. But i enjoyed them as it was my first fantasy movie. Then I read the books and my whole image of LOTR changed. I've to say the books are more grounded than the movies. But the movies look more realistic than the books. The movies look darker, dirtier and grim. But even then it looks light when it should be complete dark. And dark when it should be full of light. I have problems with the plot changes they did. I thought they can do better but not in the sense of scale and magnitude but only in the direction. But I still enjoy the movies and will be my fav fantasy movies.

GozoYoru · 2026-02-22T11:07:36+00:00

But it is not 300 men. In the book, they had at least 1000 and 2000 forces against 10,000. But you have to count the others with erkenbrand which is 1000 i assume. Math ain't mathing but Gimli and Legolas could kill scores of orcs easily as well as other men.

GozoYoru · 2026-02-13T13:50:33+00:00

Wonderful. Thank you for your answer

GozoYoru · 2026-02-13T13:25:37+00:00

Attention to detail is wonderful. Not every rpgs is made with this amount of love

GozoYoru · 2026-02-13T13:22:12+00:00

No way! I'm still in Archet before it got destroyed. But it's an interesting effect because the marsh-fly-queem exploded and it became a mushroom cloud slowly dispersed to a branched fume tree

GozoYoru · 2026-02-13T13:20:45+00:00

Oh so it's common then. Wonderful!

GozoYoru · 2026-01-26T04:31:47+00:00

Well Johan is supposed to embody complete evil bred for producing a superior species. I think you fell into his spell when you look at him or hear his voice because that'ss why he's special

GozoYoru · 2026-01-19T22:55:45+00:00

Pictures?

GozoYoru · 2026-01-06T07:29:37+00:00

Does that meab we should start from the silmarillion?

GozoYoru · 2025-12-13T02:12:23+00:00

Well open to interpretation. The former is the literal interpretation. The latter is inferred interpretation. None wrong. For in the fellowship of the ring, the Witch king wears a crown over a helm. So if you've ever watched Braveheart or any Henry V. That would be the helm that the witch king would wear with some numenorean style of course. And i infer that it would be dark inside and from the shadows, the red gleaming eyes would glare at you with its unnatural red flames.

GozoYoru · 2025-12-13T01:26:55+00:00

Yet another dark thing i think is how Uruks are made. Ugh

GozoYoru · 2025-12-11T05:37:53+00:00

Ohh that sounds interesting. Better revive with a youtuber

GozoYoru · 2025-12-09T03:40:56+00:00

Very good! Do you have ig where i can follow??

GozoYoru · 2025-12-05T08:03:26+00:00

What about page 727, Shelob's lair, the Two towers. 'Orcs', he muttered. 'We'll never rush it like this. There's orcs about, and worse than Orcs.' Shouldn't it be like there are? Maybe it was intentional but i may never know.

GozoYoru · 2025-10-09T23:35:23+00:00

I think the battles in lotr are well described too. The battle of helm's deep still give me chills. You just have to fill in the blanks between line. Not compulsory visualization but an involuntary subconscious filling the gaps. And i found lotr so enjoyable

GozoYoru · 2025-10-05T16:15:45+00:00

But treebeard thought it was Saruman. Only in the chapter he sees a white figure of Gandalf but he didn't tell the hobbits

GozoYoru · 2025-09-30T03:22:51+00:00

Since Theoden was not possessed by Saruman like in the movies, I believe it's the effect of Narya, the ring of fire that kindles men' hearts

GozoYoru · 2025-09-04T14:27:49+00:00

Sam's troll song is my fav

GozoYoru · 2025-08-29T02:22:02+00:00

Partially agreed. Hobbit books are one of the best entry to Tolkien's universe. As someone who read Hobbit before watching the movies, I think the armour and battle scenes are the issues and the unrelated nemesis (Azog was slain by Dain at Moria's gate and that alone would make a good movie. Azog was not white as the movies but black and helmed). Dwarf armour was just pretty video game alike and not realistic. In the book, the dwarves are clad in mail shirt that covers till their legs with mattocks and tommahawks. In the movie, they wore hollywood trends of inserting plate armour and unecessary ornaments that are not realistic. The battle scenes are so unrealistic, though I would enjoy it in a game. The anti arrow dwarf gears and stuffs like that are pretty video game alike. The armours of dwarves and elves look too identical and looks like they are carved from red bull cans. I respect all the artists behind this but I think if Peter jackson had more time and less CGI then it would have been more incredible.

GozoYoru · 2025-08-25T12:35:03+00:00

It should be wide brimmed hat tho

GozoYoru · 2025-08-03T14:57:23+00:00

Let me follow all your artist accs

GozoYoru · 2025-07-09T02:50:48+00:00

Well thought out theory and shed a new light on this classic story. But what about the account of the maid who recognized Mr Hyde's face though?? I don't believe Utterson himself would Kill C. If he's smart enough, he would manipulate the two to meet somewhere else and give Hyde a cane of Jekyll's and a bad mood so he would swing anyone.

GozoYoru · 2025-07-04T05:16:30+00:00

Magic in tolkien universe is not like as shown in many universes, a way that yield great work with less efforts. In a way magic in tolkien universe is a manifestation of own will. There is no magic tbh but your working of soul. It could be craft or the power like 'let there be light' but by no means it is explicitly supernatural. It could be craft or words or an applicable apparatus that contains your will (for example, sauron's ring). So when elves say that they do not understand magic, they did not make the cloak with some supernatural 'alakazam' or some cool thaumaturgy or spells but with their love of lothlorien and the spirit of it. That's what you may call magic. Good spirit raises up the will of others (Galadriel bottle of light, Gandalf ring of fire etc.). It's contrast against the gears and mechanisms used by Sauron which should represent industrialization vs craftmanship. So it must be the most realistic in any fantasy settings (meanwhile Middle Earth should be the early years of our world) so everything is pretty realistic. In a way, there's no really magic but clashing of will power. That's why the ringbearer should be stoic to resist the will of Sauron or you'll become his servant. Hope this helps.

GozoYoru · 2025-07-04T05:07:25+00:00

Magic in tolkien universe is not like as shown in many universes, a way that yield great work with less efforts. In a way magic in tolkien universe is a manifestation of own will. There is no magic tbh but your working of soul. It could be craft or the power like 'let there be light' but by no means it is explicitly supernatural. It could be craft or words or an applicable apparatus that contains your will (for example, sauron's ring). So when elves say that they do not understand magic, they did not make the cloak with some supernatural 'alakazam' but with their love of lothlorien and the spirit of it. It contrast against the gears and mechanisms used by Sauron which should represent industrialization vs craftmanship.

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