alright ur last quote. "who ever doesn't like lord of the ring. is cracked in the head.." is awesome. that statement is what u were trying to say and what i wanted to hear.
ive read the books but narina is my favrite book but lord of rings is my 2nd favrite book and c.s. lewis and j.r.r. tolkien are my favrite book writers and they were really good friends thank you for posting this[;
My friend, I am thrilled that you are passionate about Tolkien. However, I advise that you do a little bit more research before creating videos like this! You made a few off-the-cuff assumptions here and there. For instance, Tolkien created over 20 languages, and some are believed to be yet unpublished!
@MrShotgunslayer6 Actually I think he wrote "The Silmarillion" and "The Children of Hurin" during the First World War. He wrote "The Hobbit" during the early thirties, though the idea propped up during the late twenties when he was marking exam papers, got bored and randomly wrote on a blank sheet of paper: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit". Tolkien later on decided to build up on this sentence and so, yeah, "The Hobbit" came into existence. :)
I LOVE LOTR! I agree, I just don´t get how some people can say it´s crap D: Or that Twillight is better.. I´m sorry to say but compared to LOTR, Twillight is just.. I don´t even have a word for it.
I love both the movies and the books to damn much to say which is better then the other the both to good to say anything bad about come on it rape harry potter in the ear hole if people say if they suck then there on drugs that jackass will want.
Haha — you know that if you write anything on Lord of the Rings, there will be fanboys reacting. Actually, I really liked it ^_^ But since I am such a helpless nerd, I must point out: there were more than three languages — but not all of them got very well developed. A total of 14 languages exist in Tolkien's world, I think, but only maybe two or three could be learned to the point that they could be spoken well.
Agreed, the Tolkien pacing issue isn't bad. This book is a tale of epic proportions which is incredibly detailed and people who don't want to read the details just aren't getting as much out of the story as they could.
@tylor5185 Comparing Inheritance Cycle to The Lord of the Rings? LOTR blows Inheritance out of the water. I've read both series and its like comparing a bicycle to a Ferrari.
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!! I started with The Hobbit too,my mom's theater group was doing an adapted play of it.My childhood curiosity caused me to seek the books out and to begin my amazing journey into Tolkiens world!!! I was thrilled with the movies when they came out.the only thing that dissapointed me about them was the lack of Tom Bombadill and how Boromir was portrayed. He wasn't that big of a jerk in the books.My friends think the books are too complicated! Their Loss!!!!
bah, LOTR original?? fantasy takes from LOTR? LOTR is the basis of fantasy? Tolkien created the base for fantasy worlds?
well the answer to all of the above is no.
the basis for fantasy is mythology. yes, tolkien took many things from mythology and incorporated them in his very "original" world. if there is anything exceptional about it it's the languages... as a story it's pretty dry and booring... longwinded boredom... that's my take on LOTR.
@pipobun If you're definition of "original" is being without influences, there's nothing original about anything humans do. Tolkien took many things from mythology, that's true, but he created an original story. Even the languages were based on real languages. It's what you do with you're influences that makes you original.
And it was the base for the high fantasy genre. After Tolkien, almost every fantasy author were much inspired by Tolkien. However, this doesn't mean they aren't original.
books are always better then movies like aragorn got anduril in fellowship which is really nice when i watched the movies and saw he only got towards the end i was dissapointed
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Lotr is definitely the greatest book ever written it is the roots of all epic fantasy every book looks up to the trilogy everything u said made complete sense to me and it is just incredible I definitely suggest the book to anyone and everyone
I agree with everything you've said!!! I'm soo emotionally attached to this story and place! It feels soo real and I wish I could be there!! What's the order of Tolkien's books???
do u really think that Tolkien really have a good back story? I believe there is another series that has more background then Lord of the Rings. I am working on a series that will out class Lord of the Rings! As you say it is written good. I am reading the Lord of the Rings right now and I agree with you with almost everything but my series doesnt have an end!!
@kalpfei1287 Tolkien worked his whole life on his world, and he was far from finished. Middle-Earth was his life, not something he wanted to outclass others with, or make money with (though he did that, but he just wanted to create a myth, and didn't care about the success).
Because of these things, you will never outclass the work of Tolkien.
@jackgm93 ok cool, would you recommend the hobbit and should i read it before the other 3? Also being an old book is it difficult to understand because i dont read very much and have a small range of vocabulary. Everyone tells me this is amazing book and i wanted to start reading more
@mrahman1992 I would recommend you to read the Hobbit first, it's easier to understand (he wrote it for his children), but it's a wonderful book. LOTR is written in a very different style.
But, unlike jackgm93, I'll say: read the books, but keep the movies out of you're head during that period: much of the things you learned about the character is too different from the books. Just try to set those movie-characters out of your head and learn about the real ones by reading the books.
while i agree that the HP and LotR cannot be compared, i do prefer HP. LotR is still amazing and is my 2nd favorite series of all time (behind HP of course). Good review
Even if people know that it's a good book they should still review it. I'm on the Two Towers now and the "pacing" issues that are mentioned isn't really an issue. He has a lot of detail and people without the patience call this "pacing". You should also expalin the differences in the movie compared to the books.
I am making my own series that might be as good as Lord of the Rings so I really have to prove myself that I could do this should it I? you go on and on that Lord of the Rings is the best series in the world.
I read these books ages ago and i was amazed at how good they were..theres so much more action in the books than there was in the movies..im rereading it again..it never gets old..awesome review
im 16 now and i read lord of the rings first time (ive got them all in one book) when i was eight. . and man i love it ! now ive read it about ten times plus i have read hobit :there and back five time :D starting now to read silmarillion (was veryyyy hard to get it) yeah. . i admit im litlle bit crazy
You think LOTR is complicated, try reading the simarillion, your brain will shit itself with the amount of names mentioned within the first few chapters and nearly each one is a brother or part of a family or something.
The only names I've seen so far and can fully remember their roles are Eru, Melkor/Morgoth, Ungoliant and Sauron. I cannot remember the names of the two families and the man who forged the simarilis.
This is the best book ever. I have a giant book with all the six books in it and appendixes and so. For a long time i didn´t discover any mistakes because it is just such a good book, but i´m now reading it again (3rth time or so) and there was a sentence were he forgot the 'n' in aragorns name. If you don't like this book you suck
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LOL You read my mind! The reason I never wanted to get this awsome piece of literature was because everyone else liked it. But you are right. The more I've read, the more I've begun to realize how much people have fed off of this.
I have attempted to read this book many times in the past, and despite how much i was in awe of it, with the amazing plot and the invention of the languages etc (i had seen the films) i always found it really difficult to read... the complexity bored me easily i think... anyway I'm now attempting to read it again (aged 15) and cannot understand my previous thoughts on it... i think its amazing! (still not the best though...)
I totally agree with you man .... the greatest fantasy ever written ... but I know many people who have quit reading the book in between due to its complex nature ... there is so much information to keep up with ... i personally tell everyone that LOTR is not a book u'll finish in one read ... i have personally started reading it 3rd time and still it amazes me ... every time i read it ... i feel i am understanding it better than before ... just awesome ...
thank god someone smart and mature enough. You basically took my thoughts from my brain, LOTR'S is a masterpiece whether your talking about his writing style, creativity, dedication and originality. The best books in the world in my opinion.
j.k rowling clearly ripped ideas from lotr, while reading deathly hallows i just cracked up after i read the part where harry wears the locket (horcrux). loll its just like frodo and the ring, and sam and frodo argue just like harry and ron!
I finished all the movies last weekend, and actually paid attention that time, and I thought they were better than the Harry Potter movies. Some time I need to read The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. =)
@alvarez73726 Harry Potter has not sold more copies than the Lord of the Rings because harry potter is seven seperate books and none of them have sold more than the lord of the rings.
@alvarez73726 another thing to add to your review is that I LOVE, yes love, how Tolkien keeps from writing an allegory, meaning that you can substitute one thing from the book to another (i.e the ring= nuclear power or Sauron's armies=The Nazi power) This means that readers can keep discovering their own meanings from the book. It's truly brilliant.
@rippdy Lord of the Rings is also inspired FROM the bible. Starwars also has some Bible foundation, and Lion with and the Wardrobe was inspired from the bible, too.
Oh and the amount of detail makes it soooooo beautiful in my opinion!
The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are my favorite books... and you can't say LOTR is better than HP, its a very tough call... but that is left up to everyone's personal view.
@rippdy The Bible has multiply the most but the Koran has the second most with a fraction of sales , and Tale of two Citys I think have more then Lord of the rings but lord of the rings and the hobbit follow right behind
100% agreed about Lord of the Rings being a root to the vast majority of fantasy books , every fantasy book ive read i get to a part and say " they stole this idea from the lord of the rings" or " the hobbit" never fails. Of course most modern fantasy writers like R A Salvatore for example were inspired from Tolkiens work. Definitely In my top list of fantasy books , as for a critic comment , way to many songs and the songs were to long. Tolkien may have made the movie into a musical lol
i love the LOTR and the hobbit i completely agree with u about the fact that all other fantasies took something from lord of the rings. LOTR is the benchmark for fantasies nothing can compare, because every book, movie or game tht wer fantasies all took something from LOTR
im just now starting to read these books. and i haven't seen another lord of the rings book with the same cover as mine. but i just find it weird that the first book is two books (in my trilogy set). the books says part 1 fellowship of the ring but halfway through the book is says book two. and there was a long prologue saying it was a revised version, 10 years after he wrote the books he revised them. so are you talking bout the originals? should i try to find those and read them b4 these?
@ThePariah13 i have that too!!! a red cover with the title in black and the authors name in yellow. the moment Frodo reaches Rivendel the second book starts
@ThePariah13 No,no,no. Tolkien originaly wrote six books(I forgot the titles).But when he wanted to publish them the publisher told him it would be better to sell it as a trilogy.So, all three books are separated into two parts.
I hope you read it by now and I hope you enjoyed it!
@ThePariah13 Yes I have the same thing, the white cover? Whats going on Im confussed, Should I buy the last 2 books? or do I already ahve the first 2? Wtfff?
i think you should review more and talk about why you like it. for the last piece you just told us it was awesome, you should of went more in depth with the story and why it is good. i loved your review other than that
I figure everyone already knows the story, and plus with the movies out, ther is less explaining that needs to take place. But i'll take your advice and change my pacing and explaining. Thanks!
@alvarez73726 i agree with you 100% i love this books and im 15. when i picked up these books for the first time i got it becaese i like the war scenes from the movies. but after i read the books i didnt love it because of the war sceans i loved it because of its history, it in depth and middle earth please respond if you know anything else about the books.
@mrahman1992 Not at all, it instead makes the book more enjoyable to read because you have got background information of all the characters from the movies, therefore increasing your understanding and enjoyment of The Lord Of The Rings.
@jackgm93 Background information from the movies? Come on, Peter Jackson messed those characters up: they turned Gimli into a clown, Legolas into a god-like warrior, Aragorn wouldn't take the throne of Gondor in the movies (book-wise he was waiting), Frodo was turned into a weakling and a coward, not the brave person who dared to stand up against the Nine, and those are just a few characters who were drastically changed.
He wrote like a professor, which he was. His buddy C.S. Lewis wrote very sparcely. It is only original in the sense that he wrote it down. It's very historical, and very mythological. You're forgetting L. Frank Baum, BTW he wrote 14 Oz books, not just 1, and 67 books total. I love Tolkien, but I'm in the no new story camp. Mainly he contributed certain variations on old elements that were so appealing many other people wove them into their fantasy. Don't overlook Tolkien's own sources.
I'm a huge fantasy buff... so hard to find good new fantasy to read... most of it is such hackish... not going to curse... but so many people forget about all the contributions L. Frank Baum made to fantasy. I wish more people would read the Oz series, even though the style is a bit simple, since it's fairy tale-esque, and the characters are usually children/fairies or both, still all Baum's books are so wonderfully imaginative! I'd say Baum is like the literary precursor to Walt Disney.
Can't wait to start reading these ^_^
ThePlaceForBooks 1 week ago
did you know that Tolkien was south African and when he was young he moved to england?
FabricaPoop 1 month ago
4:20 Haha while you said that my 50th anniversary edition (Houghton Mifflin) stood a few inches away from my screen =D.
Th3D4nny 1 month ago
alright ur last quote. "who ever doesn't like lord of the ring. is cracked in the head.." is awesome. that statement is what u were trying to say and what i wanted to hear.
BMSiren 2 months ago
ive read the books but narina is my favrite book but lord of rings is my 2nd favrite book and c.s. lewis and j.r.r. tolkien are my favrite book writers and they were really good friends thank you for posting this[;
azo9507 2 months ago
My friend, I am thrilled that you are passionate about Tolkien. However, I advise that you do a little bit more research before creating videos like this! You made a few off-the-cuff assumptions here and there. For instance, Tolkien created over 20 languages, and some are believed to be yet unpublished!
Keep reading my friend!
Shahrouz528 2 months ago
@MrShotgunslayer6 Actually I think he wrote "The Silmarillion" and "The Children of Hurin" during the First World War. He wrote "The Hobbit" during the early thirties, though the idea propped up during the late twenties when he was marking exam papers, got bored and randomly wrote on a blank sheet of paper: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit". Tolkien later on decided to build up on this sentence and so, yeah, "The Hobbit" came into existence. :)
Watsonthe2nd 3 months ago
so far i prefer inheritance
xbox360fanatic123 3 months ago
@xbox360fanatic123 no way why do you beleive that inheritance was a bad copy of this and narnia
thefanboyzzz 3 months ago
@thefanboyzzz i don't
xbox360fanatic123 3 months ago
I LOVE LOTR! I agree, I just don´t get how some people can say it´s crap D: Or that Twillight is better.. I´m sorry to say but compared to LOTR, Twillight is just.. I don´t even have a word for it.
chinchillalovers1 3 months ago 4
@chinchillalovers1 shit is the word your searching for.
thefanboyzzz 3 months ago
@chinchillalovers1 I have a word for it. Comparing to LOTR Twilight is just a piece of shit.
vishalduggal00 3 months ago
I love both the movies and the books to damn much to say which is better then the other the both to good to say anything bad about come on it rape harry potter in the ear hole if people say if they suck then there on drugs that jackass will want.
historyfathead 4 months ago
Haha — you know that if you write anything on Lord of the Rings, there will be fanboys reacting. Actually, I really liked it ^_^ But since I am such a helpless nerd, I must point out: there were more than three languages — but not all of them got very well developed. A total of 14 languages exist in Tolkien's world, I think, but only maybe two or three could be learned to the point that they could be spoken well.
theovermindliveth 5 months ago
best book i have ever read !!
dunavidrava 5 months ago
JRR Tolkien did write The children of Hurin but never finished it Christoper Tolkien
Finished it and edited it from his father's notes
rab631 5 months ago
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slyfox3333 6 months ago
Agreed, the Tolkien pacing issue isn't bad. This book is a tale of epic proportions which is incredibly detailed and people who don't want to read the details just aren't getting as much out of the story as they could.
FredIsMyName22 6 months ago
i just bought the three books and im starting to read it
CHRIS1974100 7 months ago
dude, i love harry potter and Lotr, you HAVE to read eragon, eldest and brisingr, i cant wait for enheritance!
tylor5185 8 months ago
@tylor5185 i have read them.
alvarez73726 8 months ago
@tylor5185 Comparing Inheritance Cycle to The Lord of the Rings? LOTR blows Inheritance out of the water. I've read both series and its like comparing a bicycle to a Ferrari.
leramar 1 week ago
LotRs was long & slow even for the 1950's! People have always lacked an attention span. The book was split in 3 to reduce the price overall.
amaxamon 8 months ago
Bless you man.. You just saved me 7:31 of me explaining the number one book series that changed my life forever.. I subscribe for this.. You are the brother I never had!
mabscape 8 months ago
If you guys like Lord of the Rigs, You Guys Will LOVE the Inheritance Cycle
(Eragon,Eldest,Brisingr, and soon to be the book Inheritance, coming in November 8th) I absolutely love these books.
378atLacrosse 9 months ago
What is the film about Tolkien's life?
MTRVIDS 9 months ago
Once you've read The Lord of the Rings multiple times (like i have) you dont have as much trouble with the pacing...
i love those books
WeaslysWizardWeezes 9 months ago
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!! I started with The Hobbit too,my mom's theater group was doing an adapted play of it.My childhood curiosity caused me to seek the books out and to begin my amazing journey into Tolkiens world!!! I was thrilled with the movies when they came out.the only thing that dissapointed me about them was the lack of Tom Bombadill and how Boromir was portrayed. He wasn't that big of a jerk in the books.My friends think the books are too complicated! Their Loss!!!!
whitefiremage 10 months ago
im reading the books right now and i have to say that the books are soooo much better then the movies i like the minds video more then the films
GOLDMATT123 10 months ago
Please work on your frog-like croaking accent. Thanks!
cilibinarii 10 months ago
bah, LOTR original?? fantasy takes from LOTR? LOTR is the basis of fantasy? Tolkien created the base for fantasy worlds?
well the answer to all of the above is no.
the basis for fantasy is mythology. yes, tolkien took many things from mythology and incorporated them in his very "original" world. if there is anything exceptional about it it's the languages... as a story it's pretty dry and booring... longwinded boredom... that's my take on LOTR.
pipobun 10 months ago
@pipobun If you're definition of "original" is being without influences, there's nothing original about anything humans do. Tolkien took many things from mythology, that's true, but he created an original story. Even the languages were based on real languages. It's what you do with you're influences that makes you original.
And it was the base for the high fantasy genre. After Tolkien, almost every fantasy author were much inspired by Tolkien. However, this doesn't mean they aren't original.
MasterBombadillo 10 months ago
books are always better then movies like aragorn got anduril in fellowship which is really nice when i watched the movies and saw he only got towards the end i was dissapointed
beatlesworshiper1 10 months ago
There are plenty of faults with LotR, but they don't stop it from being a great book <3
ambereyes93 11 months ago
I bought a Lord of the Rings: Special Silver Jubilee Edition for 6 bucks at an Edward MCkays in Greensboro.
Best six dollars I've ever spent.
drewdeth9 11 months ago
The children of hrin is awesome too. I loved that book too.
hobbo3003 11 months ago
he did write the children of hurin his son just edited it, and yeah i agree with you this book is amazing i love it
takanuvathegreat 11 months ago
2 people are idiots XD
Thanks so much for this review, I agree 100% (what person passionate about good quality literature wouldn't?) :D
Jianlibao 11 months ago
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TheMetalpocalypse 1 year ago
wats the name of the biography?
Akhmad98 1 year ago
whats the name of the movie bio of this guy?
nonglotter 1 year ago
Lotr is definitely the greatest book ever written it is the roots of all epic fantasy every book looks up to the trilogy everything u said made complete sense to me and it is just incredible I definitely suggest the book to anyone and everyone
LotrFan1808 1 year ago
I was so sad when I finished it :'(
archaeopteryx91 1 year ago
I agree with everything you've said!!! I'm soo emotionally attached to this story and place! It feels soo real and I wish I could be there!! What's the order of Tolkien's books???
LiftxUpxHisxNamex 1 year ago
do u really think that Tolkien really have a good back story? I believe there is another series that has more background then Lord of the Rings. I am working on a series that will out class Lord of the Rings! As you say it is written good. I am reading the Lord of the Rings right now and I agree with you with almost everything but my series doesnt have an end!!
kalpfei1287 1 year ago
@kalpfei1287 Tolkien worked his whole life on his world, and he was far from finished. Middle-Earth was his life, not something he wanted to outclass others with, or make money with (though he did that, but he just wanted to create a myth, and didn't care about the success).
Because of these things, you will never outclass the work of Tolkien.
MasterBombadillo 1 year ago
i need help describing a character in the book i'm writing. i had a idea of drawing the character to help me, but it didn't work, any ideas
spartan0fnoble 1 year ago
Hooray for Lord of the Rings! A Fantasy series without a deux ex machina ending!!
CoheedMars90 1 year ago
@jackgm93 ok cool, would you recommend the hobbit and should i read it before the other 3? Also being an old book is it difficult to understand because i dont read very much and have a small range of vocabulary. Everyone tells me this is amazing book and i wanted to start reading more
mrahman1992 1 year ago
@mrahman1992 I would recommend you to read the Hobbit first, it's easier to understand (he wrote it for his children), but it's a wonderful book. LOTR is written in a very different style.
But, unlike jackgm93, I'll say: read the books, but keep the movies out of you're head during that period: much of the things you learned about the character is too different from the books. Just try to set those movie-characters out of your head and learn about the real ones by reading the books.
MasterBombadillo 1 year ago
@MasterBombadillo Ok thankyou, will get hold of a copy after my exams are over lol
mrahman1992 1 year ago
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@MasterBombadillo Ok thankyou, will get hold of a copy after my exams are over lol
mrahman1992 1 year ago
while i agree that the HP and LotR cannot be compared, i do prefer HP. LotR is still amazing and is my 2nd favorite series of all time (behind HP of course). Good review
morikami67 1 year ago
This guy loves this book
jthomp7905 1 year ago 11
@jthomp7905 HAHAHHA x3
TheKindredAutmn 1 year ago
@jthomp7905 dude i fucking.. fucking love your quote.
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BMSiren 2 months ago
Even if people know that it's a good book they should still review it. I'm on the Two Towers now and the "pacing" issues that are mentioned isn't really an issue. He has a lot of detail and people without the patience call this "pacing". You should also expalin the differences in the movie compared to the books.
Nobodie92 1 year ago
Just sayin but the movie pwns the book
opi335 1 year ago
I am making my own series that might be as good as Lord of the Rings so I really have to prove myself that I could do this should it I? you go on and on that Lord of the Rings is the best series in the world.
kalpfei1287 1 year ago
I read these books ages ago and i was amazed at how good they were..theres so much more action in the books than there was in the movies..im rereading it again..it never gets old..awesome review
TheCon180 1 year ago
im 16 now and i read lord of the rings first time (ive got them all in one book) when i was eight. . and man i love it ! now ive read it about ten times plus i have read hobit :there and back five time :D starting now to read silmarillion (was veryyyy hard to get it) yeah. . i admit im litlle bit crazy
aleksiisteri1 1 year ago
You think LOTR is complicated, try reading the simarillion, your brain will shit itself with the amount of names mentioned within the first few chapters and nearly each one is a brother or part of a family or something.
The only names I've seen so far and can fully remember their roles are Eru, Melkor/Morgoth, Ungoliant and Sauron. I cannot remember the names of the two families and the man who forged the simarilis.
But! I shall not give up on it xD
PauloPelle14 1 year ago
@PauloPelle14 god i love the silmarillion, its better then the lord of the rings
jacobsharps 1 year ago
This is the best book ever. I have a giant book with all the six books in it and appendixes and so. For a long time i didn´t discover any mistakes because it is just such a good book, but i´m now reading it again (3rth time or so) and there was a sentence were he forgot the 'n' in aragorns name. If you don't like this book you suck
videofreek112 1 year ago
@bubateek It has 150 to 200 million copies sold
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patricktheshurtugal 1 year ago
LOL You read my mind! The reason I never wanted to get this awsome piece of literature was because everyone else liked it. But you are right. The more I've read, the more I've begun to realize how much people have fed off of this.
I'm buying.
icefiredarksector748 1 year ago
great review
billyjeansaltyballs 1 year ago
I have attempted to read this book many times in the past, and despite how much i was in awe of it, with the amazing plot and the invention of the languages etc (i had seen the films) i always found it really difficult to read... the complexity bored me easily i think... anyway I'm now attempting to read it again (aged 15) and cannot understand my previous thoughts on it... i think its amazing! (still not the best though...)
phreddsfishpudding 1 year ago
I totally agree with you man .... the greatest fantasy ever written ... but I know many people who have quit reading the book in between due to its complex nature ... there is so much information to keep up with ... i personally tell everyone that LOTR is not a book u'll finish in one read ... i have personally started reading it 3rd time and still it amazes me ... every time i read it ... i feel i am understanding it better than before ... just awesome ...
NanoGuitarist 1 year ago
I love Tolkien as much as you. My doctor met Tolkien.He studied at Oxford University in the late 60's and attended his lectures. Freackin' awesome.
Sigmaris01 1 year ago
thank god someone smart and mature enough. You basically took my thoughts from my brain, LOTR'S is a masterpiece whether your talking about his writing style, creativity, dedication and originality. The best books in the world in my opinion.
MrMackenziie 1 year ago
He also takes some creatures from mythologies. His journey in the book is long, but the way he writes for me is so poetic.
lilemby13 1 year ago
j.k rowling clearly ripped ideas from lotr, while reading deathly hallows i just cracked up after i read the part where harry wears the locket (horcrux). loll its just like frodo and the ring, and sam and frodo argue just like harry and ron!
harry potters great!
lotr brilliant!
manz92 1 year ago
I finished all the movies last weekend, and actually paid attention that time, and I thought they were better than the Harry Potter movies. Some time I need to read The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. =)
SuperNintendoCrew21 1 year ago
what do you mean christopher wrote "the children of hurin"??
alphaman03 1 year ago
Did you know that the only book to have sold more copies than The Lord of the Rings Saga is The Bible?
rippdy 1 year ago 13
@rippdy And harry potter. but yeah me loves the bible!
alvarez73726 1 year ago
@alvarez73726 Harry Potter has not sold more copies than the Lord of the Rings because harry potter is seven seperate books and none of them have sold more than the lord of the rings.
Pullaattori007 1 year ago
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Fjerid 10 months ago
@alvarez73726 Awesome for loving the Bible!
dpolaristar 7 months ago
@alvarez73726 another thing to add to your review is that I LOVE, yes love, how Tolkien keeps from writing an allegory, meaning that you can substitute one thing from the book to another (i.e the ring= nuclear power or Sauron's armies=The Nazi power) This means that readers can keep discovering their own meanings from the book. It's truly brilliant.
gibsonz0 6 months ago
I would have thought Harry Potter would have sold more.
SuperNintendoCrew21 1 year ago
@rippdy Lord of the Rings is also inspired FROM the bible. Starwars also has some Bible foundation, and Lion with and the Wardrobe was inspired from the bible, too.
Oh and the amount of detail makes it soooooo beautiful in my opinion!
mo123813 1 year ago
@rippdy Really?
Zwobert 1 year ago
@Zwobert
Yeah, it's true.
rippdy 1 year ago
@rippdy Wow
That's actually amazing
Zwobert 1 year ago
@rippdy Actually there are few books between:
The Quran,The little red book,A tale of two cities and then The Lord of the Rings
tomaspeverell 1 year ago
@rippdy that does not suprize me at all
WeaslysWizardWeezes 9 months ago
@rippdy well Harry Potter has beaten it... with 450 million sold.. but most likely since it has 7 books rather than just 3
YoseMiteEmery 8 months ago
@YoseMiteEmery actually the lord fo the rings is one big book but the publishers made him split it into 3 due to paper shortages.
LordofImaldris 8 months ago
@LordofImaldris i know... but it never sold as one book... it always sold as three separate books..
YoseMiteEmery 8 months ago
J.R.R. Tolkien did write The Children of Hurin
his son finished and published it
YoseMiteEmery 8 months ago
The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are my favorite books... and you can't say LOTR is better than HP, its a very tough call... but that is left up to everyone's personal view.
YoseMiteEmery 8 months ago
@rippdy The Bible has multiply the most but the Koran has the second most with a fraction of sales , and Tale of two Citys I think have more then Lord of the rings but lord of the rings and the hobbit follow right behind
TurboGrassHopper 6 months ago
100% agreed about Lord of the Rings being a root to the vast majority of fantasy books , every fantasy book ive read i get to a part and say " they stole this idea from the lord of the rings" or " the hobbit" never fails. Of course most modern fantasy writers like R A Salvatore for example were inspired from Tolkiens work. Definitely In my top list of fantasy books , as for a critic comment , way to many songs and the songs were to long. Tolkien may have made the movie into a musical lol
TurboGrassHopper 6 months ago
i love the LOTR and the hobbit i completely agree with u about the fact that all other fantasies took something from lord of the rings. LOTR is the benchmark for fantasies nothing can compare, because every book, movie or game tht wer fantasies all took something from LOTR
BENofSTANDISH 2 years ago
ye they can u idiot if ppl didnt read all three then ther wudnt of been a movie u idiot
BENofSTANDISH 2 years ago
im just now starting to read these books. and i haven't seen another lord of the rings book with the same cover as mine. but i just find it weird that the first book is two books (in my trilogy set). the books says part 1 fellowship of the ring but halfway through the book is says book two. and there was a long prologue saying it was a revised version, 10 years after he wrote the books he revised them. so are you talking bout the originals? should i try to find those and read them b4 these?
ThePariah13 2 years ago
No, go ahead and read what you have.
alvarez73726 2 years ago
@ThePariah13 i have that too!!! a red cover with the title in black and the authors name in yellow. the moment Frodo reaches Rivendel the second book starts
TBgamer4life 1 year ago
@ThePariah13 No,no,no. Tolkien originaly wrote six books(I forgot the titles).But when he wanted to publish them the publisher told him it would be better to sell it as a trilogy.So, all three books are separated into two parts.
I hope you read it by now and I hope you enjoyed it!
tomaspeverell 1 year ago
@ThePariah13 Yes I have the same thing, the white cover? Whats going on Im confussed, Should I buy the last 2 books? or do I already ahve the first 2? Wtfff?
temptstress666 8 months ago
tolkien took ideas from other books, too
DantePeeks 2 years ago
i think you should review more and talk about why you like it. for the last piece you just told us it was awesome, you should of went more in depth with the story and why it is good. i loved your review other than that
ringberar 2 years ago
I figure everyone already knows the story, and plus with the movies out, ther is less explaining that needs to take place. But i'll take your advice and change my pacing and explaining. Thanks!
alvarez73726 2 years ago
@alvarez73726 i agree with you 100% i love this books and im 15. when i picked up these books for the first time i got it becaese i like the war scenes from the movies. but after i read the books i didnt love it because of the war sceans i loved it because of its history, it in depth and middle earth please respond if you know anything else about the books.
11carlosl175 1 year ago
@alvarez73726 is it worth reading the books if youve already watched all the films?
mrahman1992 1 year ago
@mrahman1992 Yes, definitely. The films left out so much information from the books. So yeah it is worth it. :)
jackgm93 1 year ago
@jackgm93 ok thanks but isnt it a bit boring if u already know what happens?
mrahman1992 1 year ago
@mrahman1992 Not at all, it instead makes the book more enjoyable to read because you have got background information of all the characters from the movies, therefore increasing your understanding and enjoyment of The Lord Of The Rings.
jackgm93 1 year ago
@jackgm93 Background information from the movies? Come on, Peter Jackson messed those characters up: they turned Gimli into a clown, Legolas into a god-like warrior, Aragorn wouldn't take the throne of Gondor in the movies (book-wise he was waiting), Frodo was turned into a weakling and a coward, not the brave person who dared to stand up against the Nine, and those are just a few characters who were drastically changed.
MasterBombadillo 1 year ago
He wrote like a professor, which he was. His buddy C.S. Lewis wrote very sparcely. It is only original in the sense that he wrote it down. It's very historical, and very mythological. You're forgetting L. Frank Baum, BTW he wrote 14 Oz books, not just 1, and 67 books total. I love Tolkien, but I'm in the no new story camp. Mainly he contributed certain variations on old elements that were so appealing many other people wove them into their fantasy. Don't overlook Tolkien's own sources.
totoro1591 2 years ago
I guess. I don't really read as much as I use to. I write mostly, or watch films :D
alvarez73726 2 years ago
I'm a huge fantasy buff... so hard to find good new fantasy to read... most of it is such hackish... not going to curse... but so many people forget about all the contributions L. Frank Baum made to fantasy. I wish more people would read the Oz series, even though the style is a bit simple, since it's fairy tale-esque, and the characters are usually children/fairies or both, still all Baum's books are so wonderfully imaginative! I'd say Baum is like the literary precursor to Walt Disney.
totoro1591 2 years ago
love the books totally agree with you love ur vids :)
meemer115 2 years ago
Thanks! :)
alvarez73726 2 years ago