>>716039280
The LOTR books are weak and don't hold up. The Hobbit is a masterpiece, even Children of Hurin is very kino, but LOTR is boring and constantly undercuts its own stakes with side shit like Tom Bombadil or the niggers who live in the mountains in Gondor.

Jackson's films are so much better, largely because of Alan Lee and John Howe working so closely with him.