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b_b  ·  3703 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How long does it take you to read a book?

    That's my beef with Tolkien - he was all about "here are things that are cool with the scarcest of plots to tie them together."

Dude, I seriously fell asleep during the end of Return of the King, woke up 20 minutes later, and the ending was still happening. I'm pretty sure the wrap up was like 45 minutes or something. It at least felt that way. I guess that's not really Tolkien's fault, but if the book reads anywhere as slow as the film, I can't believe so many people have gotten through it. I saw Hobbit 1, but fuck if you could get me back in the theater to see parts 2 and 3.