cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/650959

I feel like everyone has a special memory of how they first learned about Lord of the Rings. For me it was right around when the first movie came out. I watched it non-stop with my sisters friend’s elder sister. Anytime my sister would go over to play I’d be watching. I ultimately got the books but it was a huge undertaking for my age and never actually read it for an embarrassing long time. I did memorize the dwarvish rune alphabet in the appendix of my copy. Drove my teachers nuts writing with it.

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    1 year ago

    We’d usually gather in the living room and watch movies together as a family, and Lord of the Rings trilogy quickly became a fan favourite. (still rewatching it annually!)

    After that I played Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Battle For Middle Earth 2, although I’m not sure which one I played first.

    We also had the Lord of the Rings animated cartoon on a CD, which was unfinished IIRC.

    Only years later have I finally read the Hobbit (found a great annotated version in the library), but I’ve yet to read the LOTR.

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      1 year ago

      An annual watch of LotR is a tradition I too try and adhere to. When you can, try to make time for reading LotR. It can add more flavor to future viewings of the Jackson films.

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        1 year ago

        I definitely will! Actually have it downloaded and just sitting on my Kindle. I should really get to it one of these days.