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I think you would probably like the LOTR movies. Check out the Extended Editions because there are several important scenes added back in and the pacing is better, especially for the first two films.
I really enjoy the HP movies and books as well, it's quality material. It starts off light and gets pretty dark as it goes along.
Hmm....it's the same question, film-wise, as the order to view the Star Wars Saga...and for me it's the same response. View the EE's of LOTR first, then watch the Hobbit films as prequels.
AFTER the initial viewing of the Star Wars Saga or LOTR/Hobbit, they work nicely watching consecutively, for me (1 through 6, upon completion of the Hobbit trilogy).
Eh...either way, when it comes to the books. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit as a bedtime story for his kids (try reading it aloud and you'll see) and hadn't thought about LOTR at that point. He developed LOTR afterwards and it's quite different tonally, and much more complex and detailed and 'adult'.
Having said that, The Hobbit is an absolute delight to read, but I did not read it until after I read LOTR twice and saw the LOTR films several times. So I was already very familiar with that world. The Hobbit then felt like a nice, shorter, lighter tale (but still with great scenes in it), very well-paced book.
The Hobbit films are expanding the book with using material from the LOTR appendices and some other story modifications to link to the LOTR films better, so keep in mind the book and Hobbit films are a different experience, moreso than the LOTR book/films differences. The films are ADAPTATIONS, and for my money, very good ones.
I think you would probably like the LOTR movies. Check out the Extended Editions because there are several important scenes added back in and the pacing is better, especially for the first two films.
I really enjoy the HP movies and books as well, it's quality material. It starts off light and gets pretty dark as it goes along.
Hmm....it's the same question, film-wise, as the order to view the Star Wars Saga...and for me it's the same response. View the EE's of LOTR first, then watch the Hobbit films as prequels.
AFTER the initial viewing of the Star Wars Saga or LOTR/Hobbit, they work nicely watching consecutively, for me (1 through 6, upon completion of the Hobbit trilogy).
Eh...either way, when it comes to the books. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit as a bedtime story for his kids (try reading it aloud and you'll see) and hadn't thought about LOTR at that point. He developed LOTR afterwards and it's quite different tonally, and much more complex and detailed and 'adult'.
Having said that, The Hobbit is an absolute delight to read, but I did not read it until after I read LOTR twice and saw the LOTR films several times. So I was already very familiar with that world. The Hobbit then felt like a nice, shorter, lighter tale (but still with great scenes in it), very well-paced book.
The Hobbit films are expanding the book with using material from the LOTR appendices and some other story modifications to link to the LOTR films better, so keep in mind the book and Hobbit films are a different experience, moreso than the LOTR book/films differences. The films are ADAPTATIONS, and for my money, very good ones.
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