I never read any of the books so I can't comment on them from a literary point of view.
I am not really a fan of the films though. I haven't made it through the 1st one without falling asleep. I tried watching The Hobbit but ended up surfing on the tablet while it was one. Aside from the top notch special effects, I found the dialogue really bad and the story pretty dull. I think if I read the books, I might have appreciated them more, but as someone that knew pretty much nothing about LotR before watching any of the films, they just didn't do it for me.
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