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Post by Josh on Jan 3, 2011 18:02:40 GMT -8
A follow up question- are any of you parents concerned about this?
For instance, my son Justus has seen the Lord of the Rings before he'll ever be ready to really read them. Is this going to dissuade him from wanting to read it or dull the magic of reading it? I'm not sure.
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Post by stevekimes on Jan 4, 2011 22:35:01 GMT -8
Whichever you do first, that colors the later experience.
For Lord of the Rings, it is difficult not to see Aragorn as Viggo M from that point on. And for those of us who were LOTR fans long before any movie version, what the movies did to Faramir is unforgivable.
It is rare for me that reading a book first didn't ruin the movie experience, with some notable exceptions, such as The Children of Men. Usually watching a movie doesn't ruin the book, rather the book enriches the movie experience. Certainly the movie colors the book, but doesn't ruin it.
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Post by Josh on Jan 5, 2011 14:08:58 GMT -8
I'm glad to hear it. You have older kids... have any of them read Lord of the Rings after watching it?
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Post by rbbailey on Jan 5, 2011 19:27:58 GMT -8
I'm reading The Hobbit to my 8 year old right now, in order to be finished before the movie.
I won't let him watch LOTR till he sees The Hobbit. Reading LOTR might be a few years...
Some movies are better than the books, but that usually happens only if you've never heard of the book.
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Post by stevekimes on Jan 5, 2011 22:37:43 GMT -8
I'm glad to hear it. You have older kids... have any of them read Lord of the Rings after watching it? I read LOTR to my older kids before the movies, and I don't think they were impressed with the movies that much. My youngest watched the movies before the book, and she's the cinephile. I don't know if she'll ever bother to read the books  |
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Post by Josh on Jan 6, 2011 8:55:36 GMT -8
Say it ain't so!!!
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Post by stevekimes on Jan 6, 2011 10:13:09 GMT -8
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Post by robin on Jan 18, 2011 9:55:09 GMT -8
Generally, if I've seen the movie I won't bother with the book. What I love about reading is the fact the the story unfolds in my mind, without outside influence. If I know how the story ends, I loose interest in reading the book. There is so much good literature out there I would prefer to spend my time exploring new books.
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