re: Do you think it's possible to make a movie better than the book?

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You have my sword.

I started reading Fellowship after watching both it and the Two Towers movies, and only got halfway through Book 1 (so, a quarter of the way through Fellowship). I stopped because I realized that the amount I had read that could probably fill a whole movie, and we hadn’t gotten to hiding from the ringwraiths. Beyond what was shown in the film, nothing was going to matter in the long run, so why was I still reading.

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And you have my bow.

I tried to start reading this series several times over the years, and finally on my last deployment, i fully committed to reading the entire trilogy (not really a trilogy, per se, but i digress). and i'll say, i got it read. and it was...ok. parts were very good. but it was on average a chore to get through the books, and i was glad when i was finally done.

i get the cultural and historical significance, the impact on the genre, and all that. but it was still a chore to get through. i'll put Dune in that same category, which i also read on that same deployment.