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Originally posted by Fletch XXX
I can understand that.
But not all of really have the time to just start reading some fucking 3 part book thats bigger than the bible. Last lonog book like that i read was the Stand, I get lost in those slow books.
Anyway this thread was about the film, if you guys feel its better to just say "read the book" instead of posting anything else, why even bother? Why not just skip over the thread?
Either give me some insight or mve on man, no one makes you guys look in here.
Ill read the book when I have some time to kill, other than that the movies are much easier to just throw on while I work.
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the problem is this:
it's almost impossible to completely understand the movies without reading the books. Peter Jackson had to leave so much out to even fit it into 3 hours. We could try to explain it, but it would take so long, you would probably rather not listen to it.
but...
here's the brief sum up: Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf & the elves are all leaving middle earth because their time is over.
The destruction of the one ring is the end of the third age, and all of them are tied to the ring. Frodo & Bilbo because the bore it for so long, Gandalf because it was his purpose in middle earth to orchastrate (sp?) the destruction of the ring & the fall of sauron.
the elves are leaving because the next age of middle earth is the age of men - elves have to part to play in that age.
there will be no more story that takes place after the third movie. Jackson surely will push to do the Hobbit, but I doubt any of Tolkiens work beyond the hobbit will make it to film. The Silmarillion is too hard to follow for most folks.
As someone else said, if you want to know what happens after Return Of The King, there is a timeline in the book that gives a brief summary of Sam, Merry & Pippin & their deeds after ROTK.
*whew*
still....read the books.