Re: Books I am reading

[Marvin Long, Jr.]

On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Joshua Bell wrote:

> "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > And I'm tempted to reread LotR before the first movie comes out this
> > winter.
> 
> I'll probably re-read them afterwards; if I re-read them before, I'll just
> notice all of the problems rather than enjoying the movie. If I re-read them
> afterwards I'll go "ah, guess they changed that."
> 

As long as the movie doesn't totally suck, I think I'll enjoy it.  The
trap I'm afraid of is reading the books again a few years hence and
thinking, "Hey, that wasn't in the movie!"  :-)  I'd much rather bicker at
the movie than the books, even if by accident.

Marvin