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The Hobbit

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Want to read the book as am in a Led Zep phase right now, and also to get stoked for the upcoming film.

Never read it before.

Is it worth the hype it gets?

It is almost like in general Tolkien is viewed as a god.
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  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    radiohead33 wrote:
    Want to read the book as am in a Led Zep phase right now, and also to get stoked for the upcoming film.

    Never read it before.

    Is it worth the hype it gets?

    It is almost like in general Tolkien is viewed as a god.

    Uhh... yea. I think it is great. And to give yourself a little more to work off of, digest this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen. Hope you have 15 hours to spare...
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  • ajedigeckoajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,430
    as a child/kid....i watched the animation version of "the hobbit" before i read the book.

    it is worth the time to read. if you decide after you have read the book that you wasted your time. send me a bill, i will compensate you. but i honestly believe you will enjoy it.

    actually................do not send me the bill.
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  • faithful227faithful227 Posts: 352
    Read it. Thats all I have to say about that.
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  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    faithful227 wrote:
    Read it. Thats all I have to say about that.
    Yeah, I recently re-read The Hobbit and the LOTR books. Just read them :D
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    The Hobbit is great. The Hobbit was aimed more for younger readers while the Lord of the Rings trilogy was not. However that does not mean anything bad about the Hobbit, still a great book. It's also the prequel and sort of sets up LOTR's, in case you didn't know that.
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  • faithful227faithful227 Posts: 352
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    The Hobbit is great. The Hobbit was aimed more for younger readers while the Lord of the Rings trilogy was not. However that does not mean anything bad about the Hobbit, still a great book. It's also the prequel and sort of sets up LOTR's, in case you didn't know that.


    You got it. I think it's pretty cool that they're making the movie in two parts. Pretty stoked with everyone that's involved so far...
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  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    y'notice Fat Sam became just Sam for the movies, the meddling fucks!
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Read it. You won't regret it. Even people who have struggled to enjoy LOTR have enjoyed The Hobbit. I read it first as a child and have re-read it many times since.
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  • Inhiding230Inhiding230 Posts: 362
    I loved it, definitely worth reading in my opinion.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Read it. You won't regret it. Even people who have struggled to enjoy LOTR have enjoyed The Hobbit. I read it first as a child and have re-read it many times since.


    In The Hobbit, Tolkien actually mananges to focus on the narrative at hand rather than playing the role of tangent man and frankly, it makes for a better read. Well that, and the fact that he could actually bring himself to end The Hobbit, something he seemed almost unwilling to do with LOTR.
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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I read it before reading LOTR and before the movies were made and it was really good, not too difficult a read compared to LOTR, I would also recommend you read it
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    It is a great book. It doesn't have the great depth that LOTR has, but it sets the backdrop for events that are referenced. I'm curious how it translates to film (vs. LOTH which was much more serious and had tons of material to reference to.)
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Jason P wrote:
    It is a great book. It doesn't have the great depth that LOTR has, but it sets the backdrop for events that are referenced. I'm curious how it translates to film (vs. LOTH which was much more serious and had tons of material to reference to.)

    I think it could do really well with Smog and such. I just hope the battles are better than the animated one was. Anyone remember Bilbo looking down on the battlefield and all you see was a ton of swirling dust clouds like in Loony Toons?
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