12-17-2002, 09:23 AM | #21 |
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deeper? More intruiging? a better read?
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12-17-2002, 03:31 PM | #22 |
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And longer and can take you longer which is good!
Because once you start reading you know it's going to last longer!!! And after a while...infact straight away you are living in Middle-Earth for a while...I live there all the time actually! |
12-17-2002, 03:40 PM | #23 |
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Thats not a bad place to live...
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12-23-2002, 05:25 AM | #24 |
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Dont get me wrong the hobbit is an amazing book and it would be good to make a film. But the fact is LOTR is like the most thrilling and exciting book I've ever read.
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12-23-2002, 01:52 PM | #25 |
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I agree with you there Legolas_!!
I think in LotR you can imagine more!! More chracters etc! eg at the begining of TH I couln't imagine Bag end, just a random hole in the middle of nowhere. |
01-01-2003, 05:31 PM | #26 |
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I like The Hobbit and LoTR but I like the The Hobbit better.
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01-02-2003, 09:55 PM | #27 |
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I enjoy the Lord of the Rings more as a story, but I think that I enjoy Bilbo as a Character more than any other character in either book.
His Clever Dialogue with Smaug is my favorite moment off all the books, followed by his funny song he sings to piss of the Spiders in Mirkwood. |
01-12-2003, 10:03 AM | #28 |
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i like lotr more then the hobbit but both books where really good. i like lotr better because there is more to imagine (and more to get confused about) and it is more exciting. not to say that the hobbit wasn't exciting or any thing!
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01-12-2003, 09:08 PM | #29 |
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Yeah I think LOTR is better than the HOBBIT there is more to imagine, more characters! and mor places and the Hobbit doesn't have a movie that isn't animated though i have not seen it.
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01-14-2003, 05:18 AM | #30 |
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If I cut a LOTR book as short as the Hobbit, I think I'd enjoy the Hobbit better because Bilbo is the best and there are lots of Dwarves and Roac the Raven.
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02-01-2003, 09:02 PM | #31 |
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Tough question but I think that LOTR is better than the Hobbit because it just has a better story line, but I probably never would have read LOTR if I hadn't read the Hobbit first. Before the Hobbit the books were just books but when my dad read the Hobbit to me at age six I was entranced. My dad said that LOTR would be too hard for me at age six so I waited until I was twelve and then read it in like three months.
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02-01-2003, 11:24 PM | #32 |
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i love both, but i love LOTR more!
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11-22-2004, 12:02 AM | #33 |
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Hobbit vs. LOTR
Which book did you like better and why. Ill respond later. I wanna see what you people say first.
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I don't think you can make such a distiction. If I was seven, I'd definitely say the Hobbit. But now that I can read both, how could I possibly choose?
One might argue the Hobbit, because it led to LOTR, and is one of the greatest children's books of all time. One might argue LOTR because it is one of the greatest epic fanatasy tales and shaped modern fantasy writing. There are countless arguments on both sides. The Hobbit or LOTR... that's like saying... which do you prefer, your left leg or your right leg!
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11-22-2004, 08:33 AM | #35 |
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There are already threads like this -
http://entmoot.com/showthread.php?t=6251 |
11-22-2004, 08:00 PM | #36 |
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personally my right. And so what if there are other threads. Its still worth discussing. We havea ton of newbies. I never discussed it and Im sure others havent. Dont just close it down. And for me the Hobbit just is pure joy for me but LOTR gives me a whole range of emotions. Its hard to pick but for me I have to say personally the Hobbit because I can still imagine it and not imagine what they alaready made.
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I agree, of course it's worth discussing Haradrim. But I don't think RTB was saying it wasn't. Maybe we should bump up (or merge with) the old thread.
Psst... Valandil... can you merge us? Our comments would be even more interesting with the older comments for more context.
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11-23-2004, 02:51 PM | #38 |
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Ooh lets merge. Merging would be fun. So who else thinks Hobbit rocks LOTR sox! or vice versa. Come one come all to the dancing hall!
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Well, in my opinion Lord of the rings is a much better book than the Hobbit. I just enjoyed it more... probably has some reasons - The hobbit is kinda childish... I mean, Tolkien tried it to be for chuildren - and in my opinion he suceeded, and did even a better job, as adults can enjoy it as well - but LotR that was meant to be for adults is better, from this reason. It's more serious and detailed. |
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