The Lord of the Rings

[RagingDragon]

My favorite is the Two Towers I think? Is that the one where they have a last stand battle at helms deep with the elve commandos? Which one had the crazy king who committed suicide by jumping off the castle?

The latter is Return of the King, and yes Two Towers is the one you're talking about.

[SM]

I've read The Hobbit but it was over 10 years ago and I dont remember much. I tried reading LOTR and got about 3/4 through the second book (Two Towers) and I just couldnt face finishing the rest. I found them tedious and a chore to read.

I think sometime this year i'll re-read The Hobbit and ill give LOTR another bash. I think I was just too young at the time but now ive read countless books since and I may find it an easier read this time.

I gave up on Two Towers around the same point the first time I read it, after devouring The Hobbit and Fellowship.  I reread it sometime later and the Frodo, Sam and Gollum stuff in TTT is the slowest stuff in the whole series.  Once you get past it ROTK flies by.

[RagingDragon]

I gave up on Two Towers around the same point the first time I read it, after devouring The Hobbit and Fellowship.  I reread it sometime later and the Frodo, Sam and Gollum stuff in TTT is the slowest stuff in the whole series.  Once you get past it ROTK flies by.

I know a lot of people that have a hard time during the Council of Elrond, and in The Hobbit as well, when they visit Rivendell.

Some of those conversations with Elrond in the books were... lengthy.

[SM]

Had no problem with them.

[Prime113]

My favorite is the Two Towers I think? Is that the one where they have a last stand battle at helms deep with the elve commandos? Which one had the crazy king who committed suicide by jumping off the castle?

The latter is Return of the King, and yes Two Towers is the one you're talking about.

My favorite is The Two Towers as well. That final battle at Helm's Deep - Man, it's just so epic. 

[Keg]

I've read The Hobbit but it was over 10 years ago and I dont remember much. I tried reading LOTR and got about 3/4 through the second book (Two Towers) and I just couldnt face finishing the rest. I found them tedious and a chore to read.

I think sometime this year i'll re-read The Hobbit and ill give LOTR another bash. I think I was just too young at the time but now ive read countless books since and I may find it an easier read this time.

I gave up on Two Towers around the same point the first time I read it, after devouring The Hobbit and Fellowship.  I reread it sometime later and the Frodo, Sam and Gollum stuff in TTT is the slowest stuff in the whole series.  Once you get past it ROTK flies by.

That's exactly the reason I couldnt stomach it. The frodo, sam and gollum story arc was dragging so much and if I remember rightly the books dont split everything up as neatly as the films, it follows one group of characters for a very long time and then switches back to what happened to another group during that same period. I just couldnt stomach it at the time, but i was very early teens and i'd barely read any books for years at that point.

[BANE]

As I gain more patience, I begin to be able to read more of it at a time, and I begin to appreciate the awesomeness even more.

[SM]

I've read The Hobbit but it was over 10 years ago and I dont remember much. I tried reading LOTR and got about 3/4 through the second book (Two Towers) and I just couldnt face finishing the rest. I found them tedious and a chore to read.

I think sometime this year i'll re-read The Hobbit and ill give LOTR another bash. I think I was just too young at the time but now ive read countless books since and I may find it an easier read this time.

I gave up on Two Towers around the same point the first time I read it, after devouring The Hobbit and Fellowship.  I reread it sometime later and the Frodo, Sam and Gollum stuff in TTT is the slowest stuff in the whole series.  Once you get past it ROTK flies by.

That's exactly the reason I couldnt stomach it. The frodo, sam and gollum story arc was dragging so much and if I remember rightly the books dont split everything up as neatly as the films, it follows one group of characters for a very long time and then switches back to what happened to another group during that same period. I just couldnt stomach it at the time, but i was very early teens and i'd barely read any books for years at that point.

The cutting back and forth irritated me too initially.  Especially after FOTR being so linear and Book 3 being really sweet with lots of different characters and culminating in Helms Deep, Book 4 can seem quite draggy.  Book 6 gets a bit like that with Sam and Frodo struggling across Gorgoroth - but for whatever reason it works really well in that instance.

[Shasvre]

Just found these two pictures on a LotR site that claims they are the Mouth of Sauron. This is obviously not the version they went with in the movie, so does anyone know if this look was even considered, or is it just fan made? I did a quick search on Wikipedia, but found no info on this. It did however say that Kate Winslet was once considered for the role.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth_of_Sauron#In_adaptations

[The Golden Fox]

I've read The Hobbit but it was over 10 years ago and I dont remember much. I tried reading LOTR and got about 3/4 through the second book (Two Towers) and I just couldnt face finishing the rest. I found them tedious and a chore to read.

I think sometime this year i'll re-read The Hobbit and ill give LOTR another bash. I think I was just too young at the time but now ive read countless books since and I may find it an easier read this time.

I gave up on Two Towers around the same point the first time I read it, after devouring The Hobbit and Fellowship.  I reread it sometime later and the Frodo, Sam and Gollum stuff in TTT is the slowest stuff in the whole series.  Once you get past it ROTK flies by.

I never got past around halfway through 'TTT'. I read 'the Hobbit' twice, though, or more times.

[RagingDragon]

Rereading all the books as well.  Hobbit better be good :/  I really don't want to have to bitch about my destroyed childhood for another few weeks.

[BANE]

Well Bruce Spence is the actor. You'll recognize him from these big roles:



And here's him just regular:

Really looks nothing like:

So I'd say Bullshit.

[Shasvre]

Well Bruce Spence is the actor. You'll recognize him from these big roles:
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsS/16295-26017.gif
http://www.mediamikes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sith.jpg

And here's him just regular:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Bruce_Spence.JPG/200px-Bruce_Spence.JPG
Really looks nothing like:
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8601/mouthofsauron.jpg
So I'd say Bullshit.

They might have considered another actor for the role though, like they did with Aragorn for example.

[SM]

Star Wars, Mad Max, LOTR, Matrix, Narnia - want a successful franchise - get Bruce Spence.

[scarhunter92]

http://kotaku.com/5879052/your-first-good-look-at-the-lego-lord-of-the-rings-minifigs

gimme