Book or Movie?

Elf.Freak · 03-12-2003, 12:52 PM

i have to say the books, the movie was pretty bad in comparison *gets pounded by movie fanatics*.

which is your personal fav?

Helix · 03-12-2003, 02:34 PM

definately (sp?) books. they are awesome.

the first movie was horrible. the second was better. i hope that the later ones will be better still. one can only hope.

sun-star · 03-12-2003, 02:41 PM

Oh, definitely the books. The movies are so pedestrian. No magic at all, ironically

Lalaith · 03-12-2003, 02:45 PM

A hard choice as I'm movie obsessed (but acutually also book obsessed), but I have to say that I would choose the books. There would be no movie without the books.
Although I was much inspired by the movies ... I want to become a director or screenplay writer. I can only guess what would have happend to me if I haven't seen the movie.
Fortunately I don't have to pick one of them in real life. I can have both.

Belle · 03-12-2003, 02:48 PM

The books are much better than the films, you can read so much more into the characters and be more involved. Altho the choice of Draco in the film's was inspired, he is just how I imagined him

Lalaith · 03-12-2003, 03:44 PM

The advantage of the books is that you can read the Silarillion and the Unfinished Tales and all that stuff too, I really would miss these things

Lalaith · 03-12-2003, 03:45 PM

ups, ups, ups, just realized that this thread is about Harry Potter and not LotR ... sorry ... forget all I said

Varda Oiolosseo · 03-12-2003, 04:12 PM

BOOKS deffinately!!!
The films were good but the books were a lot better!

Lady of Rohan · 03-12-2003, 06:19 PM

I like them both. The movies were good, but I also really liked the books.

frodosgirlfriend · 03-12-2003, 06:50 PM

Books. I didn't like the movies at all, well, Wood had a cute accent, but otherwise i didn't like the movies, bad actors.

Sylvee Estel · 03-12-2003, 08:17 PM

I defintely like the books better, I didn't really like the movies all that much.

FrodoFriend · 03-13-2003, 08:28 AM

Books.

The first movie was depressingly lame. I liked the second though, and there's still a good possibility that the following ones will be really good.

durin's bane · 03-13-2003, 06:29 PM

I'm a Harry Potter fanatic, so I'll have to say books. The books are so much more magical. I only go to the movies because:

1) It's Harry Potter...duh
2) Daniel Radcliffe is in it!

Estel13 · 03-13-2003, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by durin's bane
I'm a Harry Potter fanatic, so I'll have to say books. The books are so much more magical. I only go to the movies because:

1) It's Harry Potter...duh
2) Daniel Radcliffe is in it!

The books, of course. ^What you said, 'cept there's also Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

Grey_Wolf · 03-14-2003, 11:58 AM

Are the books written for children only or could an grown-up like them as much, do you think? I mean compared to LOTR.

Estel13 · 03-14-2003, 04:15 PM

*shrugs* Well, plenty of adults DO like them, if that tells you anything.

But LOTR is better!

Radagast The Brown · 03-14-2003, 05:22 PM

The book is much better. The movie is not good, and it skips the good parts. I prefer the book.

Grey_Wolf · 03-15-2003, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Estel13
*shrugs* Well, plenty of adults DO like them, if that tells you anything. But LOTR is better!

Thank you.

Jadera · 03-15-2003, 01:05 PM

I really liked the first movie and thought it followed the book fairly well for a film of it's length. I haven't seen the second move yet.

I don't know that I could pick between them until all of the movies come out. (Heaven knows how they're going to fit the fourth book into a movie running time, much less the fifth!) So I'll settle with books for now. They are excellent.

Estel13 · 03-15-2003, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
Thank you.

Anytime.

03-12-2003, 12:52 PM	#1
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03-12-2003, 02:34 PM	#2
Helix Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: School! Posts: 107	definately (sp?) books. they are awesome. the first movie was horrible. the second was better. i hope that the later ones will be better still. one can only hope. __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo. -Elvish Greeting

03-12-2003, 02:41 PM	#3
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Oh, definitely the books. The movies are so pedestrian. No magic at all, ironically __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

03-12-2003, 02:45 PM	#4
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	A hard choice as I'm movie obsessed (but acutually also book obsessed), but I have to say that I would choose the books. There would be no movie without the books. Although I was much inspired by the movies ... I want to become a director or screenplay writer. I can only guess what would have happend to me if I haven't seen the movie. Fortunately I don't have to pick one of them in real life. I can have both. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

03-12-2003, 03:44 PM	#6
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	The advantage of the books is that you can read the Silarillion and the Unfinished Tales and all that stuff too, I really would miss these things __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

03-12-2003, 02:48 PM	#5
Belle Enting Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Essex! Posts: 72	The books are much better than the films, you can read so much more into the characters and be more involved. Altho the choice of Draco in the film's was inspired, he is just how I imagined him

03-12-2003, 03:45 PM	#7
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03-12-2003, 04:12 PM	#8
Varda Oiolosseo Tea Bag Queen Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 973	BOOKS deffinately!!! The films were good but the books were a lot better!

03-12-2003, 06:19 PM	#9
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	I like them both. The movies were good, but I also really liked the books.

03-12-2003, 06:50 PM	#10
frodosgirlfriend Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in la la land, you know, the place you go during math class Posts: 452	Books. I didn't like the movies at all, well, Wood had a cute accent, but otherwise i didn't like the movies, bad actors. __________________ LOOK A WEBSITE!!! LETS CLICK ON IT!!!!!! --------------------------------------------- AND FGF'S MOST GORGEOUS MAN ALIVE AT THE MOMENT'S AWARD GOES TO......... BRANDON BOYD (yes once again) !!!!! WOOOO!!! ---------------------------------------------- Hottness has no count for age.... thats why I'm merrying a forty year old who goes by the name of JOHNNY DEPP!!!! ----------------------------------------------- Fortune cookies tell all, so when i got the cookie telling me to date my love i became a stalker to Johnny Depp, and when i find him my excuse will be "the cookie made me do it" ------------------------------------------------ I'm not stupid, I'm special ------------------------------------------------ "But why is the rum gone?" "Captian, Catian Jack Sparrow" "pa-pa-pa parsnip, parla, --" "Just don't do anything... stupid" "WELL IT BLOODY IS NOW!" ~Captian Jack Sparrow ------------------------------------------------ Read my FP.net story!!!

03-12-2003, 08:17 PM	#11
Sylvee Estel Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 115	I defintely like the books better, I didn't really like the movies all that much. __________________ ~Sylvee

03-13-2003, 08:28 AM	#12
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Books. The first movie was depressingly lame. I liked the second though, and there's still a good possibility that the following ones will be really good. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

03-13-2003, 06:29 PM	#13
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	I'm a Harry Potter fanatic, so I'll have to say books. The books are so much more magical. I only go to the movies because: 1) It's Harry Potter...duh 2) Daniel Radcliffe is in it! __________________ Yada, yada, yada

03-14-2003, 11:58 AM	#15
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Are the books written for children only or could an grown-up like them as much, do you think? I mean compared to LOTR.

03-14-2003, 04:15 PM	#16
Estel13 RPG-aholic Psycho Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Final Fantasy Posts: 733	shrugs Well, plenty of adults DO like them, if that tells you anything. But LOTR is better! __________________

03-14-2003, 05:22 PM	#17
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	The book is much better. The movie is not good, and it skips the good parts. I prefer the book. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

03-15-2003, 01:05 PM	#19
Jadera Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 205	I really liked the first movie and thought it followed the book fairly well for a film of it's length. I haven't seen the second move yet. I don't know that I could pick between them until all of the movies come out. (Heaven knows how they're going to fit the fourth book into a movie running time, much less the fifth!) So I'll settle with books for now. They are excellent. __________________ Whaaaaaaaaaat?? ~Chivalry isn't dead, it just transferred to women~

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