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jeffhopper t1_jeejxh2 wrote

Also never read the books, but recently picked them up on Kindle with audible narration to read/listen to at the gym. The newer audiobook is narrated/performed by Andy Serkis, and it is amazing! I'm almost finished with Fellowship, and I can't put it down. If you've ever been curious about picking up the books, I highly recommend the audiobooks. Make sure you get the Andy Serkis version and not the previous narrator.

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Citizen_Kong t1_jeejlxu wrote

The ghost king's answer is left open until the army arrives at the harbor of Minas Tirith in the pirate ships. In the theatrical version, it really looks like it's over for the good guys in that moment while in the extended it's more like "when does Aragorn finally come"?

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Chaladan t1_jeejitq wrote

Sauron is essentially a spirit, albeit an extraordinarily powerful one. He is able to take many different physical forms, and once had a reputation as a shapeshifter. However, when he made the One Ring he put most of his power into it, so that he could better control it and therefore the other rings of power. It isn't that his physical form isn't visible when he doesn't possess the Ring, it's more that he doesn't have the power to manifest it in the same way. All he's capable of is the form of the Eye, and that's only after centuries of regathering his strength.

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SkeletonLordDimy t1_jeeirpp wrote

YES! Aragorn asserting his authority to Eomer and the other riders of Rohan during their first confrontation was genuine King Shit.

I particularly loved the chapter where the fellowship had just departed Lorien and passed the Argonath. That whole sequence of Aragorn assuming a king-like appearance and exhuming a determined aura was amazing.

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kjhwkejhkhdsfkjhsdkf t1_jeeindt wrote

Taxi Driver isn't a bad movie. It's a movie you don't like. Those are two completely different things, and people on this sub REALLY need to start using those two completely different concepts correctly.

It's OK just to say you don't like something. There are plenty of works of art which are universally considered to be great which I just don't care for. But that doesn't make them bad, it just means I don't appreciate them as much as other people, and that's OK.

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