I'm getting caught up enough this month to start thinking about reading The Fellowship of the Ring for the read-along so I thought I would answer Clare's intro questions to get in the mood. I think I will get to start reading it in a week or two and I'm excited!
When did you first hear of The Lord of the Rings?
I heard about the stories when I was a kid through the animated movies but didn't read them until years later.
Have you read The Fellowship of the Ring before?
Yes, I believe I've read it twice -- once in college and one right before the films came out.
What’s your plan of attack, now that we’re dealing with more “mature” literature?
I still plan to read this straight through. I have a hard time metering out books and just reading a chapter here or there. But I also plan on savoring it because it has been quite a while since my last reading.
Have you ever seen the movies? If so, do you think they’ll influence your reading? If not, well, why haven’t you seen them?
Yes, I have seen the movies MANY times. The third film was actually the last movie I saw in the theatre while I was pregnant with Z and then I didn't get to go to another movie for a couple of years. I own the beautiful box set of DVDs and they are films that I love to put on somewhat regularly. I don't think that they will affect my reading very much except for maybe fleshing out some of the settings. I tend to have my own mental pictures of characters even if I have seen a film version of the story. However, it's impossible not to be influenced, isn't it?
Getting ready to head out of the Shire again,
K
I love the extended versions of the movies (excepting a couple of minor gripes).
ReplyDeleteI worried when they came out that they might influence my mind's eye version of the characters. No change though I guess I have just been imagining them one way for too long to change now.
Thanks for sharing.
These are some of my favorite movies ever!! I really need to think about re-reading the books one of these days.
ReplyDeleteI saw the movies first, so I had the movie characters in my head when I was reading the books. I guess I got my character visions influenced. :)
ReplyDeleteAl - That's good that you can keep your own mental pictures. It makes it easier to appreciate the books and the movies separately.
ReplyDeleteTif - I want to re-watch the movies now but I guess I will wait until I've read through the books! Argh!
Aths - Interesting! They didn't do so bad with the casting either so those are some nice mental pictures. Oh Legolas!