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Posted by Brad Pineau on October 15th, 2003 at 7:12 pm AST [4847 views]
Over the weekend, I started reading The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Hobbit is like a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's an adventure story about Bilbo Baggins and his thirteen drarvish friends, who embark on a quest for treasure. Wrapped into the story, we get to see how Bilbo first came upon the Ring, and we are shown the background to a lot of references used in the Lord of the Rings.I thought that this book was an awesome read. So much so.. that I finished the book last night. I just couldn't put it down. Having never read any of Tolkien's books before, I really felt that it had the feel of the Lord of the Rings movies. The differences I really noticed was that there were a lot of songs in the book, and I felt that the Elves were protrayed much differently than they were in the Lord of the Rings movies. In The Hobbit, they seemed like jolly folk, who sang and danced and had no worries in the world... while in the movies they were stern and very serious.
My plan now is to read the Lord of the Rings books. I think I should be able to get through all three books before LOTR: Return of the King is released in theatres this December. That being said, I can't decide if I should actually read the third book or not, before going to see it in theatres. Does anyone have any opinions on this? Would I enjoy the movie more having not read the third book? I know I really enjoyed seeing the first two movies having no prior knowledge of the story. But it would be really cool to know the story, and then see it play out on the big screen.