Originally Posted by Frownland

LOTR films versus books is a wash. With the movies you have an squeaky clean presentation but somewhat interesting story. With the books you have an incredibly bland writing style full of unnecessary detail but somewhat interesting story.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.