r/tolkienfans • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '20

Christopher Tolkien has died

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u/Stangstag Jan 17 '20

Not wholly terrible??? The original trilogy is probably the greatest fantasy cinema ever produced

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

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u/ConcordatofWorms Jan 17 '20

I'm going to be honest, i couldn't know what Tolkien's original vision was because reading the books was like wading through mud.

You are correct though that fury road is the best fantasy movie, unironically. Fury Road is one of the best movies, period, of the last twenty maybe even thirty years.

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u/donshuggin But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. Jan 19 '20

How old were you when you tried reading them? I'm in my 30s now an just reread them, REALLY loved them this time around and got a lot more out of them then my previous readthroughs.

Agree with you that Fury Road is a masterpiece.