Quote: Cowgirl Jack said: Just finished the (new) Tolkien book, The Children of Hurin.
The first chapter was complete hell. See, I liked The Hobbit except for all the hobbits and dwarves.
I don't even know where to begin with that one.
Yes I know. Okay, I like the wizard and I liked the dragon. So sue me. I like the pointy hat look, and I can associate with Smaug more than any other Tolkien creature. Something about the way he loves his gold...
I will say I appriciate the hobbits inventing the phrase 'second breakfast'. Bless them and their hairy feet.
Quote: Isn't it rumoured that Sam Raimi may be doing the Hobbit? Or am I thinking of something else?
I have no clue. For some reason though, I want Christopher Lee to be the voice of Smaug. I think that would rock. Or the voice of the dragon in Hurin. It's just the right length for a movie adaptation, but it is very dark compared to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, so I don't know how people would take it. I mean nothing happy happened in the book. It was like watching Oedipus Rex -- you just want to warn the guy of his doom.
One other good thing about the book -- despite the jumble of family names, I didn't get confused like I did with the big elf book. I was getting Sauron and Saurmon mixed throughout the first two books. I was under the impression that the good guys were fighting one giant eye...with wizard powers. Wasn't until I saw the movie that any of it made any sense.
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