Is anybody with me Lord of the Rings over rated

[smerdyakov]

nope... sorry

[Renzo]

Lord of the Rings set too many standards that fantasy writers go by today for it to be overrated. It was revolutionary.

[randallFlaggfan1]

If anything, I believe the Lord of The Rings trilogy is underrated. Sorry...

[Bryan James]

If we didn't have Tolkein, we'd probably be inundated with a lot of cheesy vampire and werewolf stuff!

Oh. Wait. We is.

Anyway, better than endless Elves, I guess.

~BJS

[M-O-O-N that spells Nikki]

Try my best to get into it but failed. I find it extremely boring and dull.

[91rewoT]

I've seen the movies (numerous times) and love them...but have never read the books. I found a copy of "The Hobbit" at work last week and asked to borrow it. I'm going to start on it this weekend, and am hoping to get pulled into Tolkien's world and stay there until the book is done... or my daughter goes into labor...

[GLewman]

boooo!!!! HISSS HISSS!!!...lol...Just kidding. I do have to disagree with you though. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are not only the best fantasy books of all time, but some of the best writing of all time. Now if you want to talk about Tolkein's writing outside of those four books I will be the first to say that they are the hardest and most boring books in the history of writing. I would rather read the Twilight series than read the Silmarillion

[sam peebles]

boooo!!!! HISSS HISSS!!!...lol...Just kidding. I do have to disagree with you though. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are not only the best fantasy books of all time, but some of the best writing of all time. Now if you want to talk about Tolkein's writing outside of those four books I will be the first to say that they are the hardest and most boring books in the history of writing. I would rather read the Twilight series than read the Silmarillion

Really? Twilight over the Silmarillion? I'm really disappointed in you. I'll admit that the Silmarillion is clunky and ponderous at times, but it's also epic and intense, and provides a deep foundation for the greatest fantasy of all time. I love that freaking book.

[GLewman]

Hi Sam...I'm not a big fantasy guy to begin with so you got me there. I know other people who have enjoyed all of Tolkiens stuff and I may grow into it at some point..It has happened with many other authors .

[nate_watkins]

I will say, both The Hobbit, and The Fellowship of the Ring started kinda slow for me, I stuck with them and was very glad I did. I think LOTR is a great trilogy.