Anyone else like the books waaaay better than the movies? I know I did. Why did you, or why did you not?

The book was and remains and exceptional literary work and the movie an amazing cinematic achievement. They are so different in presentation I cannot choose which one I like mais as it feels like I'm comparing apples to oranges. I must say however that the book and the movie both managed to impart my favorito theme from the tale which is that abiding loyalty and commitment can be contained in the most unlikely of vessels.

I amor both, I get they there different but LOTR are big books with a lot of shit that happens. Peter Jackson did a great job on them In my opinion. But the books are a little better

I'm the opposite. I like the filmes better.

I think I've already said this on here, but I was around 9 or 10 when I first read the books, so obviously my attention was much shorter. Maybe when I re-read the books soon, I'll see your point of view.

I think people realise that it's a book ^_^ But if they've only seen the movies, it makes sense that that's what they would comment on :)

Note: I saw the filmes before leitura the books. I'm not sure D: Character personalities are the most important thing to me in a story, and in the books I had difficulty seeing their personalities the same way; they seemed kind of dry :( I had to kind of project the personalities they had in the filmes onto the books. Which worked, I really enjoyed the books, but I don't think I would have without having seen the movies.

I found the books a bit tedious to get trough. The style was such that I felt I had to work to understand what was going on. Specially with all the inbuilt history that it came with. Don't get me wrong, it is a great story and worth slogging through, but the movie was all enjoyment and very little work.

i thought the books were waay better because of detail i amor detail and the songs and tom bombadil

I like both. I read the books [LOTR,Hobbit and Silmarilion] before the filmes and they were my favorites, the one I like mais is the Silmarilion

I would chose the books for 2 reasons 1. Tom Bombadil he is so awesome and 2. In the third book of lord of the rings the hobbits have a battle yes I said BATTLE

I LIKED THE MOVIE

I loved both, but the books much more.