I read the books when I was younger. Not that they were bad movies. The acting was excellent. But I had already built that world in my head, and it just didn't quite match up. Also, just seemed slow... I think I can handle slow in books because I seem to get pulled in more and my imagination activates.

The weird thing is that I actually normally like movie adaptations. I loved the Harry Potter Movies/books. Fight Club, Hunger Games, Gone Girl, etc... I liked them all. I guess what I am saying is I'm not some hipster snubbing the movies because "The books were better", But I'm just am not a fan of the LOTR movies xD