Hyperion_Consul t1_ja3rwz9 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:07 PM

Reply to Listening to classical music while reading is amazing! by Ameliagonemad

Ambient music for me. Especially those which capture the tone of the novel. Some examples if anyone is interested:

Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" while reading The Great Gatsby

Eluvium's "Talk Amongst the Trees" while reading The Handmaid's Tale

Deathprod's "Morals and Dogma's" while reading 'Salem's Lot

Hyperion_Consul t1_j2ba5a4 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:55 PM

Reply to I finished re-reading The Lord of the Rings by EldritchHugMachine

I'm just going to focus on Fellowship here...

Fog on the Barrow-Downs is my favorite chapter. Legit horror elements there. While I'm sad that it's not in the movie, I definitely understand why it couldn't be.

I agree with you in regards to The Council of Elrond. Sooo dense and really fleshes out the world to the point that it feels full and lived in. I can read that over and over and still glean some new details.

The Bridge of Khazad-dum is the shortest chapter but it is paced to perfection. Plus it has the "doom doom" drums and one of my favorite lines of imagery in the book: "Black drops dripped from the blade and smoked on the floor".

Hyperion_Consul t1_j227wkc wrote on December 29, 2022 at 2:58 AM

Reply to comment by Astrid-Wish in What's the worst story change from a book to a movie? by Franz1871

The nice part about this film is that it was bad enough to where I don't remember it. Hoping that Flanagan eventually does it justice.