> From: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> [0] Quite honestly, I don't understand the whole "I don't wanna know!" > trend.. I've wanted to respond to this for a while but haven't had the chance... I'm usually one of the "don't wannt know" crowd. This was definitely reinforced by "The Fellowship of the Ring". Now, I've read "The Lord of the Rings" about 20 times (and "The Silmarillion 3 times!) so I didn't figure I had to worry about spoilers. So I made sure I read everything I could and found out everything I could about the movie before it came out. I was a regular visitor and avid reader of sites like www.theonering.net. I knew almost everything that was left out of the movie and everything that was changed. But when I was actually watching the movie, I discovered that I wished I didn't know all that. It took some of the fun out of watching the movie. Sure, I could quote a lot of the dialogue where it was translated straight from the books. And that was great. But it would have been nice to have been surprised about how certain things were done. So, now, I've made sure to avoid knowing much about "The Two Towers". I've heard a little and which I hadn't. I still go to some of the sites but if they mark something as a spoiler, I avoid it. I think I'll enjoy the movie more. Now, having said that, I'm definitely one of those who likes to read a book BEFORE seeing a movie. So my vision of the characters will not be spoiled by the movies. Go figure. - jmh
